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A Proposed Method of Converting Gait Speed and TUG Test in Older Subjects

Joanna Kostka, Natalia Sosowska, Agnieszka Guligowska and Tomasz Kostka ()
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Joanna Kostka: Department of Gerontology, Medical University of Lodz, Milionowa 14, 93-113 Lodz, Poland
Natalia Sosowska: Department of Geriatrics, Healthy Ageing Research Centre, Medical University of Lodz, Hallera 1, 90-647 Lodz, Poland
Agnieszka Guligowska: Department of Geriatrics, Healthy Ageing Research Centre, Medical University of Lodz, Hallera 1, 90-647 Lodz, Poland
Tomasz Kostka: Department of Geriatrics, Healthy Ageing Research Centre, Medical University of Lodz, Hallera 1, 90-647 Lodz, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-11

Abstract: Sarcopenia is one of the most important health problems in advanced age. In 2019, the European Working Group of Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) updated the operational diagnostic criteria for identification of people with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2). Among the two proposed low performance measures of sarcopenia are gait speed and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test. Usage of any of those tools requires recalculation for the second one for eventual comparisons. The simple linear regression has been used for such comparisons in several previous studies, but the appropriateness of such an approach has not been verified. The aim of this study is to find the most appropriate model describing the relationship between these two popular measures of physical function. The study was performed in 450 consecutive outpatients of the Geriatric Clinic of the Medical University of Lodz, Poland, aged 70 to 92 years who volunteered to participate in the study. The TUG test and gait speed at 4 m to assess physical function were used. Different alternative models were compared to obtain the highest R-squared values. A Reciprocal-Y model (R-squared = 71.9%) showed the highest performance, followed by a Logarithmic-Y square root-X model (R-squared = 69.3%) and a Reciprocal-Y square root-X model (R-squared = 69.1%). The R-squared for the linear model was 49.5%. For the selected reciprocal model, the correlation coefficient was 0.85 and the equation of the fitted model was: Gait speed (m/s) = 1/(−0.0160767 + 0.101386 × TUG). In conclusion, in independent community-dwelling older adults, the relationship between gait speed and the TUG test in older subjects is nonlinear. The proposed reciprocal model may be useful for recalculations of gait speed or TUG in future studies.

Keywords: sarcopenia; frailty; walking speed; Timed Up and Go; functional status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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