Functional gait assessment in patients with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis and relation to the risk of falls.
Objective: To demonstrate correlation functional evaluations of gait on the patients with Multiple sclerosis, using a noninvasive method by means of Timed Up and Go, Tinetti test, 25-Foot Walk test and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Methods: We evaluated 40 patients with Multiple sclerosis...
| Publicado en: | Fisioterapia Brasil Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 137 - 144 |
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Atlantica Editora
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=131220463&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 131220463 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15189740 904O jtl: Fisioterapia Brasil issn: 15189740 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 19 iid: 2 pid: 50401 pub: Atlantica Editora artinfo: ui: 131220463 131220463 131220463 10.33233/fb.v19i2.2302 131220463 ppf: 137 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Functional gait assessment in patients with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis and relation to the risk of falls. aug: au: Moraes, Bruno Orsini, Marco Fiorelli, Rossano Marinho, Victor Teixeira, Silmar Bastos, Victor Hugo Matta, André affil: Neurology Service, Federal Fluminense University, University Hospital Antônio Pedro, Niterói/RJ sug: subj: Multiple Sclerosis Complications Accidental Falls Risk Factors Gait Analysis Functional Status Recurrence Disease Remission Human Clinical Assessment Tools Scales Disease Duration ab: Objective: To demonstrate correlation functional evaluations of gait on the patients with Multiple sclerosis, using a noninvasive method by means of Timed Up and Go, Tinetti test, 25-Foot Walk test and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Methods: We evaluated 40 patients with Multiple sclerosis using Timed Up and Go, Tinetti test, 25-Foot Walk test and EDSS scale. Results: In present study, we have observed moderate to high correlations between EDSS and Timed Up and Go, Tinetti test and 25-Foot Walk test (p<0.0001). The patients reported longer execution times for Timed Up and Go and 25-Foot Walk tests and lower scores on the Tinetti test. We found a direct correlation between illness duration, EDSS scale, Timed Up and Go execution time, 25-Foot Walk execution time and Tinetti test score (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Proper gait and fall risk evaluations are important in order to avoid complications that are related to Multiple sclerosis. Objetivo: Demonstrar as avaliações funcionais e sua correlação nos padrões de marcha de pacientes com Esclerose Múltipla, utilizando um método não invasivo por meio do Timed Up and Go, teste de Tinetti, teste de caminhada de 25 pés e escala de Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Métodos: Foram avaliados 40 pacientes com Esclerose Múltipla, usando Timed Up and Go, teste de Tinetti, teste de caminhada de 25 pés e escala de EDSS. Resultados: No presente estudo, observamos correlações moderadas a altas entre EDSS e Timed Up and Go, teste de Tinetti e teste de caminhada de 25 pés (p < 0,0001). Os pacientes relataram tempos de execução mais longos para os testes Timed Up and Go e 25-Foot Walk e menores escores no teste de Tinetti. Encontramos uma correlação direta entre a duração da doença, a escala EDSS, o tempo de execução Timed Up and Go, o tempo de execução de 25-Foot Walk e o escore do teste de Tinetti (p < 0,0001). Conclusão: avaliações adequadas de risco de marcha e queda são importantes para evitar complicações relacionadas à Esclerose Múltipla. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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