The exaggerated strut of a runway model is a far cry from how regular folks walk. Yet everyone moves in a unique fashion, and your personal gait can indicate a lot about your overall constitution.

Experts say gait speed, grip strength, balance, and endurance are some of the strongest predictors of long-term independence.

Gait speed, or the pace at which a person walks, has long been effectively used as a biomarker for neurological and physiological health in older subjects. A fascinating new study is for the first ...

How fast can you walk? Health care workers believe that your gait speed is one of two markers of healthy aging. The other indicator is grip strength, according to Loretta DiPietro, professor of ...

Slower gait speed is independently associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure in patients with stable heart failure with reduced or improved left ventricular ...

Research from ESC Heart Failure shows a slower standardized gait speed in older adults with heart failure. Gait speed significantly declined in patients with heart failure (HF) compared to the general ...

January 4, 2011 — Gait speed is associated with survival in older adults, according to the results of a pooled analysis reported in the January 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical ...

According to a new study, the speed at which older patients with blood cancers are able to walk nearly 13 feet (about 4 meters) contains important information about their overall health and may be ...

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Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide will help you ease into a healthy routine, backed by experts. The exaggerated strut of ...