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Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the elderly requiring long-term care
[Purpose] This study aimed to verify the usefulness of a 50-m round walking test developed as an assessment method for walking ability in the elderly. [Subjects] The subjects were 166 elderly requiring long-term care individuals (mean age, 80.5 years). [Methods] In order to evaluate the factors that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4713766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26834327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.3663 |
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author | Hachiya, Mizuki Murata, Shin Otao, Hiroshi Ihara, Takehiko Mizota, Katsuhiko Asami, Toyoko |
author_facet | Hachiya, Mizuki Murata, Shin Otao, Hiroshi Ihara, Takehiko Mizota, Katsuhiko Asami, Toyoko |
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description | [Purpose] This study aimed to verify the usefulness of a 50-m round walking test developed as an assessment method for walking ability in the elderly. [Subjects] The subjects were 166 elderly requiring long-term care individuals (mean age, 80.5 years). [Methods] In order to evaluate the factors that had affected falls in the subjects in the previous year, we performed the 50-m round walking test, functional reach test, one-leg standing test, and 5-m walking test and measured grip strength and quadriceps strength. [Results] The 50-m round walking test was selected as a variable indicating fall risk based on the results of multiple logistic regression analysis. The cutoff value of the 50-m round walking test for determining fall risk was 0.66 m/sec. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.64. The sensitivity of the cutoff value was 65.7%, the specificity was 63.6%, the positive predictive value was 55.0%, the negative predictive value was 73.3%, and the accuracy was 64.5%. [Conclusion] These results suggest that the 50-m round walking test is a potentially useful parameter for the determination of fall risk in the elderly requiring long-term care. |
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spelling | pubmed-47137662016-01-29 Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the elderly requiring long-term care Hachiya, Mizuki Murata, Shin Otao, Hiroshi Ihara, Takehiko Mizota, Katsuhiko Asami, Toyoko J Phys Ther Sci Original Article [Purpose] This study aimed to verify the usefulness of a 50-m round walking test developed as an assessment method for walking ability in the elderly. [Subjects] The subjects were 166 elderly requiring long-term care individuals (mean age, 80.5 years). [Methods] In order to evaluate the factors that had affected falls in the subjects in the previous year, we performed the 50-m round walking test, functional reach test, one-leg standing test, and 5-m walking test and measured grip strength and quadriceps strength. [Results] The 50-m round walking test was selected as a variable indicating fall risk based on the results of multiple logistic regression analysis. The cutoff value of the 50-m round walking test for determining fall risk was 0.66 m/sec. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.64. The sensitivity of the cutoff value was 65.7%, the specificity was 63.6%, the positive predictive value was 55.0%, the negative predictive value was 73.3%, and the accuracy was 64.5%. [Conclusion] These results suggest that the 50-m round walking test is a potentially useful parameter for the determination of fall risk in the elderly requiring long-term care. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2015-12-28 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4713766/ /pubmed/26834327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.3663 Text en 2015©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science. Published by IPEC Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Hachiya, Mizuki Murata, Shin Otao, Hiroshi Ihara, Takehiko Mizota, Katsuhiko Asami, Toyoko Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the elderly requiring long-term care |
title | Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the
elderly requiring long-term care |
title_full | Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the
elderly requiring long-term care |
title_fullStr | Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the
elderly requiring long-term care |
title_full_unstemmed | Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the
elderly requiring long-term care |
title_short | Usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the
elderly requiring long-term care |
title_sort | usefulness of a 50-meter round walking test for fall prediction in the
elderly requiring long-term care |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4713766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26834327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.3663 |
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