Is timed up and go better than gait speed in predicting health, function, and falls in older adults?
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...In relation to concerns about applicability of each individual study to the proposed research question, ten studies [23,26,27,30,35,36,39,40,42,45] were rated as low, ten studies [22,24,25,29,33,37,38,41,43,44] were rated as unclear and five studies [28,31,32,34,46] were considered as having high level of concern....
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...Self report falls diary bi-monthly N = 164 M = 106 F = 238 Mean age 75.9+/−8.5 Viccaro et al. 2011* N = 457 1 year Not recorded Defined as unintentionally coming to rest on the ground or other surface....
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...In relation to 25 studies: seven studies were based in the USA [26-32], five in Japan [33-37], three in Israel [22,23,38], four in France [24,25,39,40] and one in each of Taiwan [41], Australia [42], the UK (unpublished) [43], Brazil [44], Ireland [45] and Norway [46]....
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...The overall quality of the studies included was moderate with six studies [23,27,30,35,36,39] rated as low in all domains in both risk of bias and concerns about applicability....
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...The remaining seven studies followed patients for one year after administration of TUG [26,30,38,42-44,46]....
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...One study in community-dwelling older people found that the TUG was better at predicting multiple fallers than any ( 1) fallers.(33) Furthermore, there is limited evidence that the TUG is better at identifying non-fallers, as indicated by high sensitivity values and low negative likelihood ratios....
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...Functional status was assessed using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) activities of daily living (ADLs) scale(20) and the SF-36 physical function index (PFI).(19) The NHIS ADL score ranges from 0 to 16 and assesses difficulty and dependence in 16 basic and instrumental ADLs....
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...Performance measures included gait speed and TUG.(9) Gait speed was performed over 4 m at the participants’ usual pace....
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...Odds ratios for all outcomes were equivalent for gait speed and TUG....
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...For univariate analysis, performance measures were grouped into threelevel categories based on previously established cut points of 0.6 and 1.0 m/s for gait speed1 and 12 seconds22 and 15 seconds23 for TUG....
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...CONCLUSION: Gait speed predicts most geriatric outcomes, including falls, as does TUG....
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...Performance measures included gait speed and TUG.9 Gait speed was performed over 4 m at the participants’ usual pace....
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