Inferior physical performance test results of 10,998 men in the MrOS Study is associated with high fracture risk
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Rosengren, Björn E., Ribom, Eva L., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Mallmin, Hans, Ljunggren, Östen, Ohlsson, Claes, Mellström, Dan, Lorentzon, Mattias, Stefanick, Marcia, Lapidus, Jodi, Leung, Ping Chung, Kwok, Anthony, Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth, Orwoll, Eric and Karlsson, Magnus K.. (2012). Inferior physical performance test results of 10,998 men in the MrOS Study is associated with high fracture risk. Age and Ageing. 41(3), pp. 339-344. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs010
Authors | Rosengren, Björn E., Ribom, Eva L., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Mallmin, Hans, Ljunggren, Östen, Ohlsson, Claes, Mellström, Dan, Lorentzon, Mattias, Stefanick, Marcia, Lapidus, Jodi, Leung, Ping Chung, Kwok, Anthony, Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth, Orwoll, Eric and Karlsson, Magnus K. |
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Abstract | Background: most fractures are preceded by falls. Objective: the aim of this study was to determine whether tests of physical performance are associated with fractures. Subjects: a total of 10,998 men aged 65 years or above were recruited. Methods: questionnaires evaluated falls sustained 12 months before administration of the grip strength test, the timed stand test, the six-metre walk test and the twenty-centimetre narrow walk test. Means with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) are reported. P < 0.05 is a statistically significant difference. Results: fallers with a fracture performed worse than non-fallers on all tests (all P < 0.001). Fallers with a fracture performed worse than fallers with no fractures both on the right-hand-grip strength test and on the six-metre walk test (P < 0.001). A score below –2 standard deviations in the right-hand-grip strength test was associated with an odds ratio of 3.9 (95% CI: 2.1–7.4) for having had a fall with a fracture compared with having had no fall and with an odds ratio of 2.6 (95% CI: 1.3–5.2) for having had a fall with a fracture compared with having had a fall with no fracture. Conclusion: the right-hand-grip strength test and the six-metre walk test performed by old men help discriminate fallers with a fracture from both fallers with no fracture and non-fallers. |
Keywords | falls; fractures; men; old; physical performance tests; elderly |
Year | 2012 |
Journal | Age and Ageing |
Journal citation | 41 (3), pp. 339-344 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISSN | 0002-0729 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs010 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84860539383 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 339-344 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Feb 2012 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 28 Oct 2011 |
Deposited | 28 Apr 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8vy77/inferior-physical-performance-test-results-of-10-998-men-in-the-mros-study-is-associated-with-high-fracture-risk
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