Estudo correlacional entre parâmetros de avaliação da marcha e equilíbrio em idosas institucionalizadas

Objective: To correlate gait assessment parameters in institutionalized elderly women. Methods: A total of 36 elderly women (71.92 ± 8.48 years) were evaluated through the application of the one-minute walk test for the assessment of gait cadence, the gait speed test and the Performance-Oriented Evaluation of Gait and Balance (POMA). Descriptive and inferential statistics were gathered with Pearson¿s correlation (r) test. A significance level of 5% was adopted. Results: There was a positive and significant correlation between cadence and gait velocity (r = 0.649, p <0.001), and between balance and speed (r = 0.641, p