This study aimed to assess the balance of elderly living in the community through the Timed Up and Go test. Such a study would facilitate the verification of the actual status of balance in this population. There are no studies in the literature on the performance of community-dwelling elderly in the TUG test that explore criteria other than the ones that allow subjects to undergo the test, i.e., ability to understand commands and walk without assistance. The TUG test can realistically assess mobility and balance in the elderly by scoring one's risk of falling in connection with the activities of standing up, walking, turning around, and sitting down 3,10. Systemic disease in the elderly has been closely correlated with imbalance and falls 14,15. Enrollment and exclusion criteria vary significantly in the literature, as do reference TUG test results for healthy elderly subjects 10,12,13. The TUG test targets diseased elderly subjects, and has been used to investigate specific diseases, physical and mental conditions, complaints of imbalance and falls, subjects belonging to certain age ranges and genders, and has been applied in case-control studies 3,6-11. Unlike the TUG, the first two take longer and require more examiner training 1-3. Clinical tests such as the Berg Balance Scale, the Tinetti Mobility Test, and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test have been extensively used. The risk of falls in the elderly has been investigated through questionnaires, clinical balance an gait tests, force platforms, and posturography 1-6. Keywords: assessment balance elderly fall. However, a significant number of poor-performers is probably more prone to falling and to depending on others to perform activities of daily living. There was a significant correlation between imbalance, time spent in the test, dizziness, and falls.ĬONCLUSION: Most of the elderly subjects performed well in the test, thus attesting to their good level of functional mobility. RESULTS: Approximately 69% of the subjects completed the test in up to 19 seconds. They also answered questions on imbalance, dizziness, and falls. METHOD: Subjects were timed for the moment they got up from a chair, walked for three meters, and came back to the chair. OBJECTIVE: To assess the balance of elderly subjects through the 'Timed up and go' test. The risk of falling in elderly can be analyzed by a simple mobility test. IIIAdjunct Professor (Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Institute of Biosciences at Botucatu, UNESP). IIUndergraduate Student (Undergraduate Student at the Medical School at Botucatu, UNESP) IAdjunct Professor (Adjunct Professor in the Otorhinolaryngology Course in the Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical School at Botucatu, UNESP)
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