Can an accelerometer enhance the utility of the Timed Up & Go Test when evaluating patients with Parkinson's disease? The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test is a widely used measure of mobility and fall risk in older adults and in Parkinson's disease (PD). We tested the hypothesis... A Weiss...
The aim of the present study was to conduct a prospective investigation to evaluate the accuracy of the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), 4-meter walking test, and grip strength test to screen for the risk of falls and to determine a cutoff point to be used clinically. This was a ...
The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test has been frequently used to assess the risk of falls in older adults because it is an easy, fast, and simple method of examining functional mobility and balance without special equipment. The purpose of this study is to develop a model that predi...
Various easy approaches are available for identifying fall- ers among older adults, namely, subjective assessments using sociodemographic risk factors and questionnaires such as the self-rated falls risk questionnaire (FRQ), as well as physical assessment tools that include the timed up and go (TUG)...
AIM: To investigate the associations between fall history and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test (single-TUG test), TUG test while counting aloud backwards from 100 (dual-TUG test) and the dual-task cost (DTC) among independent community-dwelling older adults. METHODS: This cross-sectional stud...
Clinical data included demographics, anthropometrics, number of diseases and medications, physical activity level, fall history, frailty level, cognition, depressive symptoms, fasting glucose level and disease duration. Functional measures included the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), the five times sit-...
Additional analysis revealed a proposed cut score of 11.5 seconds for discrimination of those who did or did not fall. Conclusions The findings suggest that the Timed Up & Go test may be an accurate assessment tool to identify those at risk for falls.Joe R. Nocera and Elizabeth L. Stege...
Introduction: The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test is a widely used measure of mobility and fall risk in older adults and in Parkinson's disease (PD). We tested the hypothesis that body-fixed accelerometers can provide insight into TUG performance in PD patients. Methods: We examined 17 patients...
In subject area: Medicine and Dentistry The “timed up and go test” (TUG) is a simple test of the subjects' ability to understand an instruction and perform the task of standing, walking 10ft, turning around, returning 10ft and sitting down. ...
To test the effects of the use of a collapsible, portable chair (chair B), as opposed to a ‘standard' chair (chair A), on the outcome of the timed “Up and Go” (TUG) test. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Multipurpose senior centres. Participants Mobile older persons (N= 118, mean...