José Fernando Gómez Montes, Carmen‐Lucía Curcio, Beatriz Alvarado, Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui et al.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the validity (convergent and construct) and reliability of the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) among non-disabled adults between 65 to 74 years of age residing in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. METHODS: Design Validation study; PARTICIPANTS: 150 subjects aged 65 to ...
Tetsuo Ikai, Takeshi Kamikubo, Itaru Takehara, Masanori NISHI et al.
OBJECTIVE: Decreased postural stability is a common problem associated with hemiparesis secondary to stroke. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dynamic postural control in patients with hemiparesis and in normal subjects matched for age. DESIGN: Quantitative posturography (EquiTest System) wa...
Sarah E Lamb, Julie Bruce, Anower Hossain, Chen Ji et al.
BACKGROUND: Community screening and therapeutic prevention strategies may reduce the incidence of falls in older people. The effects of these measures on the incidence of fractures, the use of health resources, and health-related quality of life are unknown. METHODS: In a pragmatic, three-group, clu...
Eric L. Bulmash, Henry J. Moller, Leonid Kayumov, Jianhua Shen et al.
Background Psychomotor disturbance is an essential feature of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and has been associated with impaired functioning on cognitively demanding tasks. Given the psychomotor demands required to navigate a motor vehicle and the disastrous effects of motor vehicles accidents, p...
Robert W. Hopkins, Lindy A. Kilik, Duncan J. A. Day, Catherine P. Rows et al.
BACKGROUND: The population is becoming increasingly aged, and concomitantly, the prevalence of dementia is steadily rising. Persons aged 65 years and over are likely to continue driving for many years and often well into the dementia process. METHODS: Ontario Ministry of Transportation driving data,...
Carmen‐Lucía Curcio, Beatriz Alvarado, Fernando Gómez, Ricardo Oliveira Guerra et al.
Background The Life-Space Assessment (LSA) instrument of the University of Alabama and Birmingham study is a useful and innovative measure of mobility in older populations. The purpose of this article was to assess the reliability, construct and convergent validity of the LSA in Latin American older...
Massimo W. Rivolta, Md Aktaruzzaman, Giovanna Rizzo, Claudio L. Lafortuna et al.
Gait and balance disorders are among the main predisposing factors of falls in elderly. Clinical scales are widely employed to assess the risk of falling, but they require trained personnel. We investigate the use of objective measures obtained from a wearable accelerometer to evaluate the fall risk...
Kelly P. Westlake, Yushiao Wu, Elsie Culham
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Age-related changes in proprioception contribute to impairments in postural control and increased fall risk in older adults. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the effects of balance exercises on proprioception. SUBJECTS: The participants were 36 o...
Kristin E. Musselman, Brenda Brouwer
This study examined gender differences in balance, gait, and muscle performance in seniors and identified gender-specific factors contributing to physical performance. Forty (20 men, 20 women) healthy, community-dwelling seniors (74.5 ± 5.3 years) participated. Limits of stability, gait speed, lower...
Selim Jahangir, Ajay Bailey, Musleh Uddin Hasan, Shanawez Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Buses are the most common form of public transport for older adults in developing countries. With over 37% of total trips, buses are the principal mode of transport in Dhaka. The majority of older adults are dependent on buses because of their affordability relative to oth...
Julie Bruce, Anower Hossain, Ranjit Lall, Emma Withers et al.
BACKGROUND: Falls and fractures are a major problem. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative falls prevention interventions. DESIGN: Three-arm, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel economic analysis. The unit of randomisatio...
Alauddin Shaikh
Functional Training is how much certain movement will transfer into the actual activity of sport; it's a matter of neural complexity and central nervous system demand. The aim of this study was to find out the effects of functional training on physical fitness components on college male students. Pr...
Charlene H. Chu, Amanda My Linh Quan, Allison Souter, Archanaa Krisnagopal et al.
BACKGROUND: Aging is often associated with increasing functional decline as measured by deterioration in mobility and activities of daily living. Older adults (OAs) living in residential long-term care (LTC) homes in particular may not engage in regular physical exercise, significantly increasing th...
Christine S. Autenrieth, Stefan Karrasch, Margit Heier, Lukas Gorzelniak et al.
BACKGROUND: Gait changes at older ages are a strong predictor of a decline in lower extremity functions. However, large population-based studies assessing gait parameters in various gait tasks are lacking. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the relationship of age, the use of mobility aids and being fitted ...
Maria Bjerk, Signe Flottorp, Are Hugo Pripp, Henning Øien et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite substantial research evidence indicating the effectiveness of a range of interventions to prevent falls, uptake into routine clinical practice has been limited by several implementation challenges. The complexity of fall prevention in municipality health care underlines the impor...