Establishing the reference value for “timed up‑and‑go” test in healthy adults of Gujarat, India
نویسندگان
1 Physiotherapy Department, KM Patel Institute of Physiotherapy, Shree Krishna Hospital, Anand
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3 Physiotherapist, NCD Cell, CHC‑Charada, Mansa, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 3Physiotherapist, Private Practitioner, Hyderabad, India
4 Physiotherapist, Private Practitioner, Hyderabad, India
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چکیده
CONTEXT: Timed up‑and‑go (TUG) test is a valid, reliable, and an objective test for quantifyingfunctional mobility and assessing the fall risk in all age groups. The analysis of patient scores onTUG test is limited by lack of data, having a wide range of performance scores among people withoutdisabilities.AIM: The objective of the study was to provide the reference value for TUG test in healthy individualsof Gujarat, India.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: It was a cross‑sectional observational study. Five hundred and twentyhealthy individuals, aged 40–70 years, were recruited from various regions of Gujarat based onconvenient sampling. All the participants were made to perform TUG test in a controlled environmentin community. Three readings of the actual test were obtained and averaged.RESULTS: Data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, confidence intervals (CIs 95%) andPearson’s correlation coefficient (r) with α = 0.05 by age groups (40–50, 51–60, and 61–70 years)and gender. The mean (CI 95%) TUG time for healthy adults of Gujarat was 8.46 (8.35–8.57) s anddemonstrated age‑related decline for both male and female participants. TUG time also demonstratedstrong correlation with the height of individuals.CONCLUSION: This preliminary data can be used as a reference only for specific population withspecific age groups due to variability in test results among the different population due to age, gender,anthropometric measures such as height, weight, and body mass index, geographical variation,nutritional support, and cognitive status.
