步行速度:健康中老年人群不容忽视的疾病/不良事件风险预测指标

Walking Pace: a Predictor of Diseases/Adverse Events Shouldn't be Ignored in Health Middle-Aged and Elderly Population

我国已步入老年化社会,中老年人群随着年龄的增加各种疾病/不良事件风险随之上升。现有证据显示,步行速度作为一个操作简便、实用性强的指标,能够有效预测健康中老年人未来疾病/不良事件的风险。但要将步行速度应用于实践中,仍有一些关键问题亟待解决。如步行速度可以预测哪些疾病/不良事件,其机理是什么;如何测量步行速度以及如何解释测量结果等。因此,研究总结近年来关于步行速度和未来疾病/不良事件风险的研究报导,陈述研究现状,分析现有不足,以及展望后续研究切入点,以期步行速度作为早期疾病/不良事件预测指标能广泛应用于临床和科学运动实践中。

China has stepped into an aging society.Obviously,with the age increasing,the risk of various diseases/adverse events in the elderly population also increase.The available evidence shows that walking pace is an easy-to-use and practical indicator that can effectively predict the risk of future diseases/adverse outcomes in healthy middle-aged and elderly people.However,some important questions still need to be solved in order to apply the walking pace in practice.For examples,walking pace can predict what kinds of diseases/adverse outcomes,what is the mechanism;how to measure the walking pace and how to interpret the measurement results.Therefore,this study aimed to summarizes the studies reports on the association between walking pace and the risk of future diseases/adverse events in the recent years,reviews the previous studies,analyzes the existing shortcomings and prospects of future direction of this topic.It is expected that walking pace,as a predictor of future diseases/adverse outcomes,can be widely used in clinical and scientific exercise practice.