Prevalence of walking impairment in young, healthy adults.
64 students' mean walking distance was greater than that of a presurgical group studied by Regensteiner and colleagues. The students were also faster. Between the distance and speed measures, r = .08.
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Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611.
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D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012016:Reference Values; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*