[Timed up and go right and left unipodal stance results in Chilean older people with different degrees of disability]. / Rendimiento en las pruebas "Timed Up and Go" y "Estación Unipodal" en adultos mayores chilenos entre 60 y 89 años.
Rev Med Chil
; 143(1): 39-46, 2015 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Preventive Health Examination of older people in Chile incorporates the timed up and go (TUG) and right and left unipodal stance test (RUPS and LUPS) as functional assessment methods.AIM:
To assess if TUG and LUPS discriminate older people with different degrees of disability. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
TUG, RUPS and LUPS were assessed in 860 participants aged 71.3 ± 6.9 years (591 females) attending a primary health care clinic. The results of the three tests were expressed in seconds. Participants were classified as non-disabled without any risk, non-disabled with risk and in risk of dependence, using the Functional Assessment of Older People of EFAM (the Spanish acronym), previously validated for Chilean older people.RESULTS:
In all participants TUG, LUPS and RUPS values were 8.9 ± 3.6, 10 ± 10.6 and 9.7 ± 10.3 seconds (sec) respectively. Among non-disabled participants without risk, the values for TUG, RUPS and LUPS were 7.9 ± 2.3, 12.7 ± 11.1 and 12.2 ± 10.9 sec respectively. The figures for non-disabled participants with risk were 8.4 ± 2.6, 8.8 ± 9.8 and 8.9 ± 9.8 sec respectively. The figures for participants in risk of dependence were 11.7 ± 5.3, 5.1 ± 7.8 and 4.5 ± 7.1 sec, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
In this group of older participants there is an association between the degree of disability and the results of TUG, RUPS and LUPS.
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Assunto principal:
Acidentes por Quedas
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Avaliação Geriátrica
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article