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Title: | Balance performance, aging and falling: A comparative study based on a Turkish sample | Authors: | Aslan, Ummuhan Baş Cavlak, Uğur Yagcı, Nesrin Akdag, B. |
Keywords: | Balance performance (BP) BP and aging Gender-dependence of BP adult age distribution aged aging article balance impairment body equilibrium comparative study falling female human male middle aged priority journal sex difference Accidental Falls Age Factors Aged Aging Cross-Sectional Studies Female Gait Geriatric Assessment Humans Male Middle Aged Musculoskeletal Equilibrium Risk Factors Sex Factors Turkey |
Abstract: | The effects of aging and gender on balance performance (BP) among ambulatory adults were investigated in the current work. If there was a relation between the BP and a history of falling, this was also detected. Two hundred and forty ambulatory subjects were divided into two groups depending on their age: (1) 125 middle-aged subjects (50-64 years); (2) 115 elderly subjects (65-75). The functional reach (FR) test, the timed up and go (TUG) test, the sit to stand (STS) test and the step test (ST) were used to evaluate the BP. The fall rate (1-2 in the last year) was 8% for the middle-aged group and was 13.9% for the elderly group. Middle-aged adults had better scores on all tests in comparison to the elderly people. There have been differences found between genders regarding the BP in both groups, except the FR scores in the middle-aged group. The FR distance of the faller subjects was rather low in comparison to non-faller elderly subjects. However, there were no significant differences between the faller and non-faller subjects in both groups regarding other tests' scores. The results of this study indicate that aging affects the BP year by year. The information in this paper can provide normative data to be used as a comparison to clinically obtained information. © 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/7163 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2007.05.003 |
ISSN: | 0167-4943 |
Appears in Collections: | Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Yüksekokulu Koleksiyonu PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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