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Gait Speed and Fall Risk: What Your Walking Pace Reveals

Walking below 0.8 metres per second was associated with a 54% higher fall rate in an individual-participant-data meta-analysis published by the British Geriatrics Society. That doesn't mean a slower walker has a fixed probability of falling. It means an ordinary activity, walking at your usual pace, can reveal a reason to investigate mobility before an […]

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