Is Gait Speed and Sarcopenia Prognostic in Chronic Respiratory Disease?

Do Gait Speed and Markers of Sarcopenia Predict Prognosis in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Disease?

This study aims to assess usual walking speed (4-metre gait speed) and markers of sarcopenia predict mortality in patients with chronic respiratory disease.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients with chronic respiratory disease who are able to complete the assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Significant co-morbidities that would limit walking ability, exercise capacity or make exercise unsafe (e.g. unstable ischaemic heart disease, neuromuscular disease, severe hip/lower limb joint pain, peripheral vascular disease, lower limb amputation).
• Any patient whom the Chief Investigator feels it is unsafe to exercise (e.g. unstable cardiovascular disease).