Test timed up and go and its correlation with age and functional exercise capacity in asymptomatic women

Wesley De Oliveira Vieira,Thatiane Lopes Valentim Di Paschoale Ostolin,Evandro Fornias Sperandio,Victor Zuniga Dourado,Mateus Ferreira

doi:10.1590/1980-5918.030.003.ao04

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Abstract Introduction: The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is widely used and valid in chronic patients, but rarely addressed in asymptomatic individuals. Objective: To assess the reliability, the age-related changes and the correlation between TUG and the Functional Exercise Capacity (FEC) adjusted for non-institutionalized middle-aged and elderly women. Methods: Ninety-eight women (57 ± 10 years) were selected and stratified into age groups. We have performed the tests TUG, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and evaluation of usual gait speed (UGS). Fifty-eight participants (57 ± 10 years) also performed incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT). Results: Worse performance in TUG (p < 0,05) for participants aged ≥ 70 years for age groups 40-49 and 50-59 years. The reliability of TUG was excellent between the first and second TUG (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.933; confidence interval of 95%, from 0.901 to 0.955) and between the second and third TUG (0.958, 0.938 to 0.972). The group of 58 participants who underwent further the ISWT, TUG correlated significantly (p <0.05) with ISWT (r = -0.72), VUM (r = -0.54) and BBS (r= 0.58). A multiple linear regression analysis selected TUG (R2 = 0.517) and VUM (R2 = 0.083) as determinants of FEC. Conclusion: TUG adapted for asymptomatic women is reliable and able to assess the decline of physical mobility with advancing age and it also crucial to the FEC.

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The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is widely used and valid in chronic patients, but rarely addressed in asymptomatic individuals
It is suggested that there is a consistent correlation between Timed up and go (TUG) and another index from of balance, for example, the distance covered in the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and performance on Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in adult individuals and asymptomatic elderly (3)
We hypothesized that TUG modified to asymptomatic adults is reliable and valid, and it can identify the decline of physical mobility through the age and correlate with Functional Exercise Capacity (FEC) reviewed by ISWT

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The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is widely used and valid in chronic patients, but rarely addressed in asymptomatic individuals. It is suggested that there is a consistent correlation between TUG and another index from of balance, for example, the distance covered in the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and performance on Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in adult individuals and asymptomatic elderly (3). This is due to the incremental nature of ISWT, which demands agility to execute the changes of direction, as well the association already established between performance on tests of walking and balance (3, 11). The decline of those specified levels starts quickly from midlife Based on this assumption, we hypothesized that TUG modified to asymptomatic adults is reliable and valid, and it can identify the decline of physical mobility through the age and correlate with FEC reviewed by ISWT

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