ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Age-Related Changes in Mobility Evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test Instrumented through a Single Sensor.
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- Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test (iTUG)-More Than Assessing Time to Predict Falls: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
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- Reliability and Discriminant Ability of an Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test in People With Postsurgical Orthopedic Conditions: Quantitative Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Validation of World Guideline gait speed and TUG cut-offs for fall risk stratification in ambulatory nursing home residents aged ≥ 80 years: a multicenter cross-sectional diagnostic study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Kinematic Biomarkers of Functional Disability in Older Adults: Analysis of the Timed Up and Go Test.Biosensors · 2025Article
- A method for detection of functional deficiencies due to unilateral vestibular impairment using the TUG test and IMU sensors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Comparison of Walking Behavior during the Instrumented TUG and Habitual Gait.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sensor based assessment of turning during instrumented Timed Up and Go Test for quantifying mobility in chronic stroke patients.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- Identifying the Effects of Age and Speed on Whole-Body Gait Symmetry by Using a Single Wearable Sensor.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Executive and Motor Functions in Older Individuals with Cognitive Impairment.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Detection of balance disorders using rotations around vertical axis and an artificial neural network.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Assessing mobility in primary brain tumor patients: A descriptive feasibility study using two established mobility tests.Neuro-oncology practice · 2022Article
- High Specificity of Single Inertial Sensor-Supplemented Timed Up and Go Test for Assessing Fall Risk in Elderly Nursing Home Residents.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association Between Turning Mobility and Cognitive Function in Chronic Poststroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Use of a Single Wearable Sensor to Evaluate the Effects of Gait and Pelvis Asymmetries on the Components of the Timed Up and Go Test, in Persons with Unilateral Lower Limb Amputation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Wearable Sensor-Based Prediction Model of Timed up and Go Test in Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Clinical assessment of gait and functional mobility in Italian healthy and cognitively impaired older persons using wearable inertial sensors.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Age differences in anticipatory and executory mechanisms of gait initiation following unexpected balance perturbations.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Mobility across people with a large range of age was evaluated, for the first time, by using an instrumented timed up and go test (iTUG) based on signals acquired by a single wearable inertial sensor. Eighty healthy participants, from childhood to old age, performed the test, covering walking distances of 3 m and 7 m. Total time, temporal, and velocity parameters of linear and turning subcomponents of the test were quantified. While children, adults, and senior adults exhibited similar values for all the parameters, older adults showed increases in duration and reductions in velocity during the turning phases when compared with the other groups. an increase in velocity was observed during mid turning when the test was performed along the longer distance. Similarity across children, adults, and senior adults indicates that healthy individuals develop the abilities performed in the iTUG early, while the slowing down shown during the turning phases by the older adults may reflect the need to implement adaptive adjustments to face changes of direction. These results emphasize the idea that reducing equipment to a single sensor provides an appropriate quantification when the iTUG is used to investigate a broader age range or different levels of complexity.
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