In general, the risk of falling increases with age, and 50% of older people over 80 years old fall once a year ( Nikolaus, 2005). Conclusion: The TUGcog is a valid prognostic assessment to predict falls in community-dwelling elderly people.įalling is a serious health problem for elderly persons. For the TUG, the area under the curve is 0.58, which is not significant ( p =. For the TUGman, the area under the curve is 0.57 with a 95% CI =, which is not significant ( p =. 008), with a 95% confidence interval (CI) =. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve shows significant results for the TUGcog. Results: In the 12-month follow-up, 37 persons (30.8%) had a locomotive fall.
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The main measurements were as follows: The Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), the TUG with a cognitive dual task (TUGcog), and the TUG with a manual dual task (TUGman) and falls. The sample included 120 elderly men and women aged 60 to 87 years ( M age = 72.2 years) living at home. The data were recorded for 120 volunteers in an outpatient physiotherapy center, with a 12-month follow-up. Objective: The aim is to examine the prognostic validity of the Timed Up and Go Test with a cognitive and a manual dual task for predicting the risk of falls.
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