@article{ref1,
title="Physical-performance tests to evaluate mobility disability in community-dwelling elders",
journal="Journal of aging and physical activity",
year="2005",
author="Wang, Ching-Yi and Olson, Sharon L. and Protas, Elizabeth J.",
volume="13",
number="2",
pages="184-197",
abstract="The purposes of this study were to evaluate community-dwelling elderly adults with different levels of perceived mobility with 5 physical-performance tests, determine the cutoff values of the 5 tests, and identify the best tests for classifying mobility status. The community-mobility statuses of 203 community-dwelling elders were classified as able, decreased, or disabled based on their self-reported ability to walk several blocks and climb stairs. They also performed the functional reach, timed 50-ft walk, timed 5-step, timed floor transfer, and 5-min-walk endurance tests. We found in all tests that the &quot;able&quot; outperformed the &quot;decreased&quot; and that the &quot;decreased&quot; outperformed the &quot;disabled,&quot; except on the floor-transfer task. The optimum cutoff values of the 5 performance tests were also reported. The 5-min walk and timed 5-step test could best separate the &quot;able&quot; from the &quot;decreased,&quot; whereas the 50-ft-walk-test could best differentiate the &quot;decreased&quot; from the &quot;disabled.&quot; The results suggest that community-mobility function of older adults can be captured by performance tests and that the cutoff values of the 5-min-walk, 5-step, and 50-ft-walk tests can be used in guiding intervention or prevention programs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1063-8652",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}