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Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan

The purposes of this study were to compare the differences in physical fitness between community-dwelling older women fallers and non-fallers, with and without a risk of falling, and to investigate the relation between physical fitness and falling risk factors. This study was a secondary data analys...

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Autores principales: Song, Chen-Yi, Tsauo, Jau-Yih, Fang, Pei-Hsin, Fang, I-Yao, Chang, Shao-Hsi
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147243
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author Song, Chen-Yi
Tsauo, Jau-Yih
Fang, Pei-Hsin
Fang, I-Yao
Chang, Shao-Hsi
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Tsauo, Jau-Yih
Fang, Pei-Hsin
Fang, I-Yao
Chang, Shao-Hsi
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description The purposes of this study were to compare the differences in physical fitness between community-dwelling older women fallers and non-fallers, with and without a risk of falling, and to investigate the relation between physical fitness and falling risk factors. This study was a secondary data analysis from a community- and exercise-based fall-prevention program. Baseline assessments pertaining to body weight and height, self-reported chronic diseases, the 12-item fall risk questionnaire (FRQ), senior fitness test, single-leg stand test, and handgrip strength test were extracted. Participants (n = 264) were classified into fallers and non-fallers, and sub-classified according to the risk of falling (FRQ ≥4 and <4). While controlling for the effect of age, body mass index (BMI), and multimorbidity, one-way analysis of covariance indicated that older women with a risk of falling showed poorer performances of the 8-foot up-and-go, 2-min step and 30-s chair stand compared with those without a risk of falling, regardless of the history of falls. Additionally, weaker grip strength was found in non-fallers with falling risk. Some significant, but low-to-moderate, correlations were found between physical fitness tests and fall risk factors in the FRQ, particularly in gait/balance problem and leg muscle weakness. Proactive efforts are encouraged to screen and manage deterioration in the identified physical fitness.
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spelling pubmed-83065182021-07-25 Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan Song, Chen-Yi Tsauo, Jau-Yih Fang, Pei-Hsin Fang, I-Yao Chang, Shao-Hsi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The purposes of this study were to compare the differences in physical fitness between community-dwelling older women fallers and non-fallers, with and without a risk of falling, and to investigate the relation between physical fitness and falling risk factors. This study was a secondary data analysis from a community- and exercise-based fall-prevention program. Baseline assessments pertaining to body weight and height, self-reported chronic diseases, the 12-item fall risk questionnaire (FRQ), senior fitness test, single-leg stand test, and handgrip strength test were extracted. Participants (n = 264) were classified into fallers and non-fallers, and sub-classified according to the risk of falling (FRQ ≥4 and <4). While controlling for the effect of age, body mass index (BMI), and multimorbidity, one-way analysis of covariance indicated that older women with a risk of falling showed poorer performances of the 8-foot up-and-go, 2-min step and 30-s chair stand compared with those without a risk of falling, regardless of the history of falls. Additionally, weaker grip strength was found in non-fallers with falling risk. Some significant, but low-to-moderate, correlations were found between physical fitness tests and fall risk factors in the FRQ, particularly in gait/balance problem and leg muscle weakness. Proactive efforts are encouraged to screen and manage deterioration in the identified physical fitness. MDPI 2021-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8306518/ /pubmed/34299691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147243 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chang, Shao-Hsi
Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan
title Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan
title_full Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan
title_fullStr Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan
title_short Physical Fitness among Community-Dwelling Older Women with and without Risk of Falling—The Taipei Study, Taiwan
title_sort physical fitness among community-dwelling older women with and without risk of falling—the taipei study, taiwan
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147243
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