ArticleJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2018
Association between the instrumented timed up and go test and cognitive function, fear of falling and quality of life in community dwelling people with dementia.
Article in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gait Assessment Using Wearable Sensor-Based Devices in People Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Tango-therapy vs physical exercise in older people with dementia; a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of Tai Chi on the instrumented timed up and go test in people with mild to moderate dementia.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Trial
- 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
- Risk of Fall in Patients with Functional Hallux Limitus: A Case-Control Study Using an Inertial Measurement Unit.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Handgrip Strength, Timed Up-and-Go, and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older People during COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association between Fear of Falling and Seven Performance-Based Physical Function Measures in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Concurrent Validity between a Smartphone Self-Test Prototype and Clinical Instruments for Balance and Leg Strength.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effect of Fear of Falling on Mobility Measured During Lab and Daily Activity Assessments in Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Age Moderates Differences in Performance on the Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test Between People With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)Observational
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore relationships between the instrumented timed up and go test (iTUG) and the following risk factors for falls: cognitive functioning, fear of falling (FoF), and quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia.
methods83 community-dwelling older adults with dementia (mean±sd age 78.00±7.96 years; 60.2% male) completed an interview to capture global cognition (Mini-Addenbrooke's Cognitive Evaluation), FoF (Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale) and QoL (ICEpopCAPability measure for Older people). Participants completed an iTUG whilst wearing an inertial sensor on their trunk. Linear accelerations and rotational velocities demarcated sub-phases of the iTUG. Relationships were explored through correlations and regression modelling.
resultsCognition was related to duration of walking sub-phases and total time to complete iTUG (r=0.25-0.28) suggesting gait speed was related to cognition. FoF was most strongly related to turning velocity (r=0.39-0.44), but also to sit-to-stand, gait sub-phases and total time to complete iTUG. Sub-phases explained 27% of the variance in FoF. There were no correlations between iTUG and QoL.
conclusionsCognition and FoF were related to time to complete walking sub-phases but FoF was more closely related to turning velocity and standing acceleration. iTUG may offer unique insights into motor behaviour in people with dementia.
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