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Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon, vol.14, no.3, pp.115-120, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test Incorporates a series of tasks, which are objective measures of functional ability and Independent mobility. The purpose of the study was to compare the TUG scores of older people with and without a history of falling. The elderly generally fall off 1 or 2 steps. The correlation between the 4 stairs test included in the "Timed Movement Battery" (TMB), which evaluates functional mobility in the elderly, and the TUG was also investigated. Material and methods: The time taken to complete the TUG and 4 stairs were recorded for three groups including 30 subjects each, the young control group (YC) had a mean age of 20 years (range = 18-22, SD = 1.39); the elderly without history of falling (NF: non-fallers) 73.3 years (range = 65-86, SD = 6.63) and the elderly with history of falling within the past two years and at least one of them experienced a fall in the last six months (F: fallers) 76.77 years (range = 65-88, SD= 6.62). The significances of data between the groups were analyzed with "one way ANOVA" and the correlation with Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Results: It was seen that there were statistically significant differences between groups In time taken to complete the TUG and 4 stairs tests (p<0.05). There was a very strong correlation between the tests in all subjects studied. Conclusion: Results Indicated that the TUG is an assessment tool that can be used to identify the elderly at risk of falling.