[PDF] Top 20 Association between physiological falls risk and physical performance tests among community-dwelling older adults

... forty older adults from a senior citizens club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (94 females, 46 males), aged 60 years and above ...for falls risk using PPA. A battery of physical ... See full document

... four physical performance tests, joint isokinetic strength tests, and three-dimensional gait ...Fifty-six community- dwelling older adults aged 60–80 years old were ... See full document

... of older people lived in one-storey residences and the number of people who lived in residences with an elevator was very ...significant association in women between stairs at home and IADL ... See full document

... the physical and psychological effort involved in the measure- ment of grip strength was much less than the effort required to perform multiple trials of the 10MWT or ...minimal, association with the ... See full document

... slower performance in TUG, higher numbers of comor- bidities and medications, and two falls in the previous year at baseline were significantly associated with falling during the subsequent 24-week period ... See full document

... between total wear time minutes, TMT-A performance and sedentary behaviour, light PA, moderate 140.. PA or vigorous PA.[r] ... See full document

... with physical interven- tion [42], one with psychosocial intervention [43], one with a pharmaceutical intervention [44], and one with a techno- logical intervention ... See full document

... Although our review identified nine papers, we have decided that it is most accurate to characterize our re- view as including five studies. Five of the papers [22–26] had the same principal investigator and involved the ... See full document

... of physical activity and QOL, it is not without its ...relationships among changes in model constructs hold up across ...of physical activity, were all conducted using manifest or measured constructs ... See full document

... in community-dwelling older adults as well as performing activities safely without falling or falls self-efficacy (Zijlstra et ...and falls self-efficacy measures in this study ... See full document

... Falls are an important public health issue, with over 30% of people aged 65 and over falling at least once a year. 1 This has impli- cations for quality of life, independence and cost to the health service. 1 ... See full document

... lines older adults had to avoid stepping ...relation between the tasks and the occurrence of falls among community-dwelling older ... See full document

... Of the 10541 older adult participants assessed in the present study, 9.4% had experienced emotional abuse in the last 12 months. The univariate analyses revealed independent vari- ables that were associated with ... See full document

... functional performance applicable to Alzheimer disease and related dementias: memory, orientation, judgment & problem solving, community affairs, home & hob- bies, and personal ... See full document

... The VNP questionnaire was completed by 1,220 participants (mean age, 74.8 ± 6.1 years; range, 65–93 years) including 921 females (75.5%). Impaired vision or hearing was reported by 711 participants (58.3%); problems with ... See full document

... We assessed HRQoL using the EQ-5D three level ver- sion (EQ-5D-3L). The EQ-5D-3Lis a preference based utility instrument that captures 243 health states [39] to ascertain an individual’s HRQoL according to five do- ... See full document

... 1,252 older adults (60 years) who were beneficiaries of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Mexico ...of Older Mexican Adults” ...low physical activity, slow gait, and ... See full document

... of falls in older persons are not wit- nessed, these patients may present with a report of a fall rather than ...nity-dwelling older people who had recurrent unexplained falls, reported ... See full document

... As shown in Table 4, we found a potential for depression, but very little disability in this group of community-dwell- ing seniors. The median number of days participants reported having restricted activity due to ... See full document

... their physical activity levels (planned and incidental physical activities) when they were re-assessed 8 weeks after the exercise intervention had been ...other physical activities after completing ... See full document