Gait speed as a mediator of the effect of sarcopenia on dependency in activities of daily living.
Miguel Ángel Perez-SousaLuis Carlos Venegas-SanabriaDiego Andrés Chavarro-CarvajalCarlos Alberto CanoMikel IzquierdoJorge Enrique Correa-BautistaRobinson Ramírez-VélezPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2019)
The negative effect of sarcopenia on functional dependence was mediated by the gait speed. Therefore, gait speed may positively influence the detrimental effect of sarcopenia for dependency, after adjusting for age, gender, and BMI. Consequently, physical exercise should be promoted and focused to circumvent the gait speed decline associated with age in older people with sarcopenia.