ArticleClinical interventions in aging2017
Timed Up and Go Test can predict recurrent falls: a longitudinal study of the community-dwelling elderly in China.
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- Multimorbidity Patterns and Associations with Gait, Balance and Lower Extremity Muscle Function in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northwest China.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- Relationship between fall history and toe grip strength in older adults with knee osteoarthritis in Japan: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Reliability and validity of the fall risk self-assessment scale for community-dwelling older people in China: a pilot study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Predictive Validity of Motor Fitness and Flexibility Tests in Adults and Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Ditangquan exercises based on safe-landing strategies prevent falls and injury among older individuals with sarcopenia.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The Application of 'Timed up and Go' Test in Fall Screening of Elderly People in Shanghai: A Cross-Sectional Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
- A Mobile App (FallSA) to Identify Fall Risk Among Malaysian Community-Dwelling Older Persons: Development and Validation Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeFalling is a major health problem in community-dwelling elderly individuals. The aim of the present study was to conduct a prospective investigation to evaluate the accuracy of the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), 4-meter walking test, and grip strength test to screen for the risk of falls and to determine a cutoff point to be used clinically. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis was a prospective study that included 541 participants. The fall data were obtained via face-to-face interview, and the date, site, and circumstances of any falls were recorded. TUGTs were recorded as part of a comprehensive geriatric assessment. We collected the same data at baseline and after follow-up via comprehensive geriatric assessment.
resultsThe incidence of falls of our study subjects was 20.8%. The recurrent-fall group had a fall rate of 6.8% during the follow-up year. The standard area under the curve (AUC) of our screening tool was >0.70, and hence our tool can be used for clinical purposes. After adjusting for age and gender, the AUC of TUGT became 0.642, so it cannot be used as a predictive tool for measuring any types of falls. However, when recurrent falls were adjusted for age and gender, the TUGT's AUC improved to 0.733 and a score of 15.96 seconds is used as a cut-point to screen recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly Chinese individuals.
conclusionFuture falls were best predicted by TUGT in recurrent fallers at baseline. A score of 15.96 seconds is used as a cut-point to screen recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly Chinese individuals.
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