Inferior physical performance tests in 10,998 men in the MrOS study is associated with recurrent falls
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Karlsson, Magnus K., Ribom, Eva, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Ljunggren, Östen, Ohlsson, Claes, Mellström, Dan, Lorentzon, Mattiaz, Mallmin, Hans, Stefanick, Marcia, Lapidus, Jodi, Leung, Ping Chung, Kwok, Anthony, Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth, Orwoll, Eric and Rosengren, Björn E.. (2012). Inferior physical performance tests in 10,998 men in the MrOS study is associated with recurrent falls. Age and Ageing. 41(6), pp. 740-746. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs104
Authors | Karlsson, Magnus K., Ribom, Eva, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Ljunggren, Östen, Ohlsson, Claes, Mellström, Dan, Lorentzon, Mattiaz, Mallmin, Hans, Stefanick, Marcia, Lapidus, Jodi, Leung, Ping Chung, Kwok, Anthony, Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth, Orwoll, Eric and Rosengren, Björn E. |
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Abstract | Background: recurrent fallers are at especially high risk for injuries. Objective: to study whether tests of physical performance are associated with recurrent falls. Subjects: a total of 10,998 men aged 65 years or above. Methods: questionnaires evaluated falls sustained 12 months preceding testing of grip strength, timed stand, 6-m walk and 20-cm narrow walk test. Means with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) are reported. P < 0.01 is a statistically significant difference. Results: in comparison to both occasional fallers and non-fallers, recurrent fallers performed more poorly on all the physical ability tests (all P < 0.001). A score below −2 standard deviations (SDs) in the right-hand grip strength test was associated with an odds ratio of 2.4 (95% CI 1.7, 3.4) for having had recurrent falls compared with having had no fall and of 2.0 (95% CI 1.3, 3.4) for having had recurrent falls compared with having had an occasional fall. Conclusion: low performance in physical ability tests are in elderly men associated with recurrent falls. |
Keywords | falls; men; muscle; older people; physical performance tests; recurrent |
Year | 2012 |
Journal | Age and Ageing |
Journal citation | 41 (6), pp. 740-746 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISSN | 0002-0729 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs104 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84867750044 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 740-746 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 24 Aug 2012 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 05 Apr 2012 |
Deposited | 28 Apr 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8vy79/inferior-physical-performance-tests-in-10-998-men-in-the-mros-study-is-associated-with-recurrent-falls
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