ArticleAnnals of geriatric medicine and research2022
Validation of a Multi-Sensor-Based Kiosk in the Use of the Short Physical Performance Battery in Older Adults Attending a Fall and Balance Clinic.
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- Reliability of functional physical performance tests adapted in a remote format for older people with a history of falls.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Validation of a markerless motion capture app for automated scoring of sit-to-stand, timed up and go, and short physical performance battery tests in adults with chronic disease.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Can laboratory test-based frailty indices contribute to frailty screening in emergency departments?Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Validation of the revised multi-sensor-based electronic Short Physical Performance Battery (eSPPB) kiosk in community-dwelling older adults.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Introduction of AI Technology for Objective Physical Function Assessment.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Physical Performance Level and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Female Patients with Distal Radius Fracture.Journal of bone metabolism · 2024Article
- Short Physical Performance Battery Cutoff Points Using Clinical Outcomes for At-Risk Older Adults in Singapore: An Exploratory Study.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well-established functional assessment tool used for the screening and assessment of frailty and sarcopenia. However, the SPPB requires trained staff experienced in conducting the standardized protocol, which may limit its widespread use in clinical settings. The automated SPPB (eSPPB) was developed to address this potential barrier; however, its validity among frail older adults remains to be established. Therefore, this exploratory study compared the eSPPB and manual SPPB in patients attending a tertiary fall clinic in relation to their construct validity, reliability, and agreement.
methodsWe studied 37 community-dwelling older adults (mean age, 78.5±6.8 years; mean FRAIL score, 1.2±1.0; 65% pre-frail) attending a tertiary falls clinic. The participants used the mSPPB and eSPPB simultaneously. We evaluated the convergent validity, discriminatory ability, reliability, and agreement using partial correlation adjusted for age and sex, an SPPB cutoff of ≤8 to denote sarcopenia, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), and Bland-Altman plots, respectively.
resultsThe eSPPB showed strong correlations with the mSPPB (r=0.933, p<0.01) and Berg Balance Scale (r=0.869, p<0.01), good discriminatory ability for frailty and balance, and good to excellent reliability (ICC=0.94; 95% confidence interval, 0.88-0.97). The Bland-Altman plots indicated good agreement with the mSPPB (mean difference, -0.2; 95% confidence interval, -3.2-2.9) without evidence of systematic or proportional biases.
conclusionThe results of our exploratory study corroborated the construct validity, reliability, and agreement of the eSPPB with the mSPPB in a small sample of predominantly pre-frail older adults with increased fall risk. Future studies should examine the scalability and feasibility of the widespread use of the eSPPB for frailty and sarcopenia assessment.
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