Values for timed limb coordination tests in a sample of healthy older adults.
Background: timed limb coordination tests are reliable measures of motor performance but many lack published reference values.Objective: to determine mean values for timed tests in an older cohort, examining associations with anthropometric characteristics, handedness, gender and age.Design: cross-s...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 803 - 808 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=82775135&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 82775135 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2012 vid: 41 iid: 6 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 82775135 10.1093/ageing/afs070 ppf: 803 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Values for timed limb coordination tests in a sample of healthy older adults. aug: au: Lanzino, Desiree Joy Conner, Megan N. Goodman, Kelli A. Kremer, Kathryn H. Petkus, Maegan T. Hollman, John H. affil: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Mayo Clinic , 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN , USA su: Motor ability Age distribution Anthropometry Sex distribution Cross-sectional method Old age Physiology of the anatomical extremities Algorithms Analysis of covariance Cerebral dominance Statistical correlation Psychology of movement Neurologic examination Reference values Research funding Statistics T-test (Statistics) Time Data analysis Inter-observer reliability Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Motor ability Age distribution Anthropometry Sex distribution Cross-sectional method Old age Physiology of the anatomical extremities Algorithms Analysis of covariance Cerebral dominance Statistical correlation Psychology of movement Neurologic examination Reference values Research funding Statistics T-test (Statistics) Time Data analysis Inter-observer reliability Descriptive statistics keyword: coordination neurological examination older people psychomotor performance coordination neurological examination older people psychomotor performance ab: Background: timed limb coordination tests are reliable measures of motor performance but many lack published reference values.Objective: to determine mean values for timed tests in an older cohort, examining associations with anthropometric characteristics, handedness, gender and age.Design: cross-sectional.Setting: community.Subjects: sixty-nine healthy adults divided into three groups: 60–69, 70–79 and 80+ years.Methods: height, weight and time to complete five repetitions of finger-to-nose, pronation–supination, mass grasp, opposition and heel-on-shin were recorded. Performances were statistically compared with anthropometric characteristics, handedness and across age groups and gender.Results: for all tests, height negatively correlated with speed (r = −0.26 to −0.41). Weight negatively correlated with performance of two tests (r = −0.25 to −0.35). When covariates were controlled, men performed heel-on-shin faster than women. The youngest group completed upper extremity tests faster than the oldest. Adults in their 70 s completed finger-to-nose and pronation–supination faster than persons aged 80+ years.Conclusions: we report mean values for five clinical tests of timed limb coordination that may aid in identifying mild deficits in otherwise healthy older adults. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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