#Time up and go test how to#

The timed up and go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. The prevalence of falls in India is 37.8% for the population above 60 years of age. Gait and balance problems are responsible for up to a quarter of falls in the elderly. According to the WHO, falls are defined as inadvertently coming to rest on the ground, floor, or other lower level excluding intentional change in the position of rest. Falls are the leading cause of accidental deaths among older adults, thus understanding mobility and fall risk may reduce this burden. India as the second most populous country in the world has 76.6 million people at or over the age of 60, constituting above 7.7% of total population. Available from: Īging is a dynamic, progressive, and physiological process accompanied by functional, morphological, biochemical, and psychological change. Predicting the probability of falls in geriatrics using traditional timed up and go test and dual-task constraint timed up and go test: An observational study.

#Time up and go test how to#

How to cite this URL: Someshwar HP, Kunde C, Ganvir SS. How to cite this article: Someshwar HP, Kunde C, Ganvir SS. Keywords: Falls, geriatrics, normative value, sensitivity, specificity, timed up and go test The traditional TUG had 90% sensitivity and 96.6% specificity, dual-task TUG motor 93.33% sensitivity and 93.33% specificity, and dual-task TUG cognitive 96.6% sensitivity and 93.33% specificity.ĬONCLUSION: TUG performed under cognitive constraint was a better indicator of falls. The cutoff value to determine fallers for the traditional TUG is 15.95 s, for the motor TUG is 18.81 s, and for the cognitive TUG is 19.92 s, for determining geriatric population at a risk of falls. RESULTS: For TUG (traditional), mean time was 20.96 s in fallers and 12.95 s in nonfallers for TUG (manual), mean time was 25.12 s in fallers and 14.96 s in nonfallers to complete the test and for TUG (cognitive), fallers group took 26.02 s and nonfallers group took 15.61 s to complete the test. Time was recorded for all three tests and analyzed. The patient performed TUG with a motor constraint, i.e., typing from 1 to 9 on a calculator, and later with a cognitive constraint, i.e., answer simple questions. Sixty patients in the age group of 60–80 years who could walk independently and had a mini-mental state examination score >24 were selected after ethical clearance, inform consent was obtained from the patients, and the patient performed traditional TUG.

METHODS: An observational study was performed at PDVVPF's Hospital, Ahmednagar. BACKGROUND: It is unclear how older adults modulate dual-task mobility under changing postural challenges.ĪIMS: The aim of this study is to compare traditional timed up and go test (TUG) and dual-task TUG for identifying geriatric population who are at risk of falling.