[Purpose] The risk of falls in the elderly is an important public health problem. Suitable tests may help detect those at risk of falling. This study determined which balance test for older adults generates the most reliable results in terms of fall risk assessment, based on the number of falls over the last 12 months. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 153 individuals (31 males, 122 females, ag...

BACKGROUND The Six-minute walk (6 MW) and Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG) are short walk tests commonly used to evaluate functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, little is known about walking capacity of TKA recipients over extended periods typical of everyday living and whether these short walk tests actually predict longer, more functional distances. Further, short walk tests o...

Objective: The objective of this study is to test for the increased mobility, agility, balancing, and general fitness of community-dwelling elderly individuals as a result of short-term training involving playing with modular interactive tiles (Entertainment Robotics, Odense, Denmark) at two community activity centers for the elderly. Three different tests from the Senior Fitness Test were used...

BACKGROUND The Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) is a reliable and valid measure of gait-related activities. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the concurrent, discriminative, and predictive validity of the FGA in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN This was a prospective cohort study. METHODS Thirty-five older adults aged 60 to 90 years completed the Activities-speci...

BACKGROUND Physical performance tests are important for assessing the effect of physical activity interventions in older people with dementia, but their psychometric properties have not been systematically established within this specific population. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the relative and absolute test-retest reliability of the 6-m walk test, the figure-of-Eight...

the postural control system is a complex motor system which is formed basedon an interaction of different dynamic processes and many laboratory techniquesrecognize performance disorders using a wide range of neurological signs andsymptoms. the present research aimed to assess the reliability of commonly usedclinical measures of balance and to investigate the effect of age, height, weight andbmi...

objectives: this study aimed to identify elderly fallers and non-fallers by balance test under dual tasks conditions. methods & materials: this study was an analyze-comparative study. subjects were from three park of tehran. subjects were 20 older adults with outhistory of falls (aged 75.95±6.28 years) and 21 older adults with a history of 2 or more falls in the previous one year (aged 72.50±7....