Relationship Between Energy Expenditure During Walking and Step Length in Patients With Heart Failure

Conclusions: Height was significantly correlated with SL in the nonelderly group (r = 0.56, P = .010) but not in the elderly group. h JOURNAL/tgere/04.02/00013614-201904000-00002/math_2MM5/v/2019-04-26T172447Z/r/image-png O2 was not correlated with SL or SL/height ratio. In the elderly group, O2 cost was negatively correlated with SL (r =−0.61, P = .027) but not with SL/height ratio. There was a significant correlation between HS and SL only in the elderly group (r = 0.58, P = .001). These results suggest that SL might be a useful index that reflects energy expenditure during walking in elderly patients with HF.
Source: Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation - Category: Geriatrics Tags: Off the Topic Source Type: research