Daily-Life Walking Characteristics of Older Adults in Relation to Age, Sex, and Physical Function: the HUNT4 Trondheim 70+ Observational Study
Daily-life walking performance was affected more by functional ability than by age itself, except for the highest ages, and differed significantly between sexes. Although most WBs were very short, the total accumulated walking time in WBs shorter than 30 seconds was longer than that in longer WBs. Future research can build upon our findings by considering both the impact of short WBs and relevant group and sex differences when implementing daily-life mobility assessment in both clinical studies and patient follow-up.
Authors
- Gro Gujord Tangen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-2799)
- Karoline Blix Grønvik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4594-0000)
- Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2341-4383)
- Beatrix Vereijken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-8138)
- Nina Skjæret-Maroni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8959-8878)
- Øyvind Salvesen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-8109)
- Jorunn L. Helbostad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0214-9290)
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Sykehuset i Vestfold (NO)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Aging
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/75835
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
- Helse Midt-Norge
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health