Autor: |
Sañudo Corrales, Francisco de Borja
Álvarez Barbosa, Francisco Pozo-Cruz, Jesús del Alfonso Rosa, Rosa Mª Rogers, Michael E. |
Departamento: | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Educación Física y Deporte |
Fecha: | 2016-01 |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Resumen: |
Background: Falls are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in older and represents
one of the major and most costly public health problems worldwide. Purpose: Evaluate the
influences of lower limb muscle performance, static balance, functional independence and
quality of life on fall risk as assessed with the Timed Up and Go test. Design: Crosssectional.
Methods: Fifty-two residents aged 80 or older were assessed and distributed in one
of the two study groups according to the time to complete the Timed Up and Go Test. A
Kistler force platform and linear transducer was used to determinate lower limb muscle
performance. Postural Stability was measured by recording the center of pressure. The
EuroQol-5 dimension was used to assess Health-Related Quality of Life and the Barthel Index
was used to examine functional status. Student t-test was performed to evaluate the
differences between groups. Correlations between variables were analyzed using Spearman or
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11441/63352
DOI: 10.1002/rnj.229
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