Table 8 Summary of objective gait outcomes and results

Bauer 2005 [7]

^a

8-m walk (preferred and fast)

Gait speed: time (sec) to cover distance^a

Cadence (time in sec for 5 steps)^a

Simmonds 2005 [49]

^b

50-ft (15.24-m) walk (preferred and fast)

Gait speed: time (sec) to cover distance^b

Scott 2007 [35]

^b

6MWD

Distance covered (m) in 6 min^b

Richert 2011 [8]

^c

6MWD

Distance covered (m) in 6 min^c

Bauer 2011 [22]

^b

8-m walk (preferred and fast)

Preferred^b and fast gait initiation time (sec)

Fast^b and preferred gait speed (m/s)

Fast and preferred cadence (time in sec for 5 steps)

Erlandson 2012a [10]

^c

4-m walk as part of SPPB

400-m walk (fast)

Only presented as part of SPPB score

Gait speed (m/s)^c

Erlandson 2012b [18]

^c

1) 4-m walk as part of SPPB

2) 400-m walk (fast)

1) Only presented as part of SPPB score

2) Gait speed (m/s)^c

Beans 2013 [43]

^d,^a

1) 6MWD

2) 400-m long distance corridor walk

1) Distance covered (m) in 6 min^a

2) Gait speed: time (sec) to cover distance^d

Richert 2014 [9]

^b

1) 6MWD

2) 10-m walk

1) Distance covered (m) in 6 min^b

2) Gait speed (m/s)

Erlandson 2014 [12]

^c

400-m walk (fast pace)

Gait speed (m/s)^c