Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
مجله انگلیسی زبان توانبخشی
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
Medical Sciences
http://irj.uswr.ac.ir
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10.29252/nrip.irj
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Concurrent Validity of Functional Gait Assessment, Timed Up and Go, and Gait Speed Tests in the Persian Community-Dwelling Elderly
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Original Research Articles
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives:</strong> The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the Farsi version of Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), Timed Up & Go (TUG), and Gait Speed tests in Persian communitydwelling older adults.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> Subjects were 100 males in falling or no falling history group (50 subjects in each group). Subjects were community-dwelling adults aged 60-90 years who were living in Tehran city. Each subject completed FGA, TUG, and GS tests once and was scored simultaneously by one tester.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results:</strong> Results show that the FGA and the TUG test were negative and significant correlated (r=-0.81, P<0.01), FGA and the Gait speed test were negative and significant correlated (r=-0.77, P<0.01) and also TUG test and the Gait speed test were positive and significant correlated (r=0.67, P<0.01).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Discussion:</strong> Concurrent validity has been established for the FGA, TUG and Gait speed tests in Persian community-dwelling older adults with and without falling history. FGA, TUG and Gait Speed tests are appropriate gait and balance tools for people with and without falling history, and appear to be more sensitive in identifying and detecting Persian elderly at risk of falling.</p>
Functional gait assessment, Timed up & go test, Gait speed test, Concurrent validity, Persian elderly
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http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-37&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Ahmad Ali
Akbari Kamrani
180031947532846009956
180031947532846009956
No
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Hojjat
Zamani Sani
hojjatzamani8@gmail.com
180031947532846009957
180031947532846009957
Yes
Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra
Fathi Rezaie
180031947532846009958
180031947532846009958
No
Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Taghi
Aghdasi
180031947532846009959
180031947532846009959
No
Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.