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However, the association between masticatory behaviors and walking ability\u2014both of which represent patterns of movement in daily life\u2014has not been clarified. This study aimed to investigate the association between masticatory behaviors, oral function, and walking capacity in older people. Methods: One hundred community-dwelling older people (31 men, 69 women, mean age 75.7 \u00b1 6.3 years) were selected to participate in this study. Age, sex, masticatory behaviors, oral functions (tongue pressure, tongue\u2013lips motor function, occlusal force, and masticatory performance), and walking capacity were assessed. Masticatory behaviors were assessed during the consumption of one rice ball (100 g) using a wearable chewing counter, and the number of chews, chewing rate, the number of chews per bite, and meal time were recorded. Walking capacity was assessed using the timed up and go test (TUG). Spearman\u2019s rank correlation coefficients were calculated to assess the strength and direction of the association. Results: Moderate negative correlations were observed between TUG time and tongue pressure and between TUG time and tongue\u2013lips motor function (\/ta\/ and \/ka\/) (rs = \u22120.33, \u22120.21, \u22120.28, respectively). In addition, moderate negative correlations between TUG time and chewing rate (rs = \u22120.22) and between TUG time and meal time (rs = 0.33) were observed, suggesting that lower walking capacity was associated with slower chewing rate and longer meal times. Conclusions: In community-dwelling older people, declines in mastication speed and dexterity and tongue strength are associated with lower walking capacity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/geriatrics9050131","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,9]],"date-time":"2024-10-09T06:30:03Z","timestamp":1728455403000},"page":"131","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The Association of Walking Ability with Oral Function and Masticatory Behaviors in Community-Dwelling Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Takako","family":"Ujihashi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kobe Tokiwa University, Kobe 653-0838, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8074-9016","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kazuhiro","family":"Hori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiromi","family":"Izuno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Health Care, BAIKA Women\u2019s University, Ibaraki 567-8578, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masayo","family":"Fukuda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kobe Tokiwa University, Kobe 653-0838, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Misao","family":"Sawada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kobe Tokiwa University, Kobe 653-0838, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shogo","family":"Yoshimura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shoko","family":"Hori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fumuko","family":"Uehara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hinako","family":"Takano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Comprehensive Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takahiro","family":"Ono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gerodontology, Osaka Dental College, Osaka 540-0008, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Ministry of Health, L.a.W. 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