Journal of Diabetes Mellitus

Vol.4 No.1(2014), Paper ID 42606, 6 pages

DOI:10.4236/jdm.2014.41007

 

Gait speed may predict development of Type 2 diabetes: A pilot study among elderly Japanese

 

Shuhei Nakanishi, Gen Takezawa, Yasuyuki Taooka, Katsuko Kikkawa, Naoko Matsumoto, Toru Hidaka

 

Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Department of Surgery, Aki-Ota Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Department of Internal Medicine, Aki-Ota Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Welfare Division, Health and Social Welfare Department, Aki-Ota Town Government, Hiroshima, Japan
Fitness Club Company, Hiroshima, Japan
Welfare Division, Health and Social Welfare Department, Aki-Ota Town Government, Hiroshima, Japan

 

Copyright © 2014 Shuhei Nakanishi, Gen Takezawa, Yasuyuki Taooka, Katsuko Kikkawa, Naoko Matsumoto, Toru Hidaka et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Nakanishi, S. , Takezawa, G. , Taooka, Y. , Kikkawa, K. , Matsumoto, N. and Hidaka, T. (2014) Gait speed may predict development of Type 2 diabetes: A pilot study among elderly Japanese. Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, 4, 38-43. doi: 10.4236/jdm.2014.41007.

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