Association between self-reported walking speed and calcaneal stiffness index in postmenopausal Japanese women.
Yoshihito TomitaKazuhiko ArimaSatoshi MizukamiRitsu TsujimotoShin-Ya KawashiriTakayuki NishimuraTakuhiro OkabeNatsumi TanakaYuzo HondaKazumi NakaharaNaoko YamamotoIzumi OhmachiHisashi GotoMaiko HasegawaYouko SouItsuko HoriguchiMitsuo KanagaeYasuyo AbeFumiaki NonakaMami TamaiHirotomo YamanashiYasuhiro NagataAtsushi KawakamiTakahiro MaedaKiyoshi AoyagiPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2020)
Our findings suggest that questionnaires of walking speed may be useful for predicting bone mass and that a fast self-reported walking may benefit bone health in postmenopausal women.