Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
Hi guys, check out this new study that is making strides in the measurement of walking speeds. Your health, good or bad, can be measured by your walking speed, according to researchers at the Duke University.
The study is free and easy to join. Simply download the 6th Vital Sign mobile app free from the iTunes Store, answer a few questions, and take a two-minute walk.
Participants can get useful information about their own walking speed, and also be part of a bigger study that establishes walking speed norms across ages, genders, ZIP Codes, and countries. For more information visit sixthvitalsign.researchkit.duke.edu.
No matter.....sounds to me like this study is based on normal people who do not have RA. [Again, I've not read it.]
Frankly, the last thing I want to know is how abnormal and slow my walking speed is. Besides, I have it on good authority [my rheumatologist and my physical therapist] that it's NOT about speed. It's about distance.