@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between Modified Short Physical Performance Battery and falls: a cross-sectional study of older outpatients",
journal="Geriatrics (Basel)",
year="2021",
author="Fukui, Kazuki and Maeda, Noriaki and Komiya, Makoto and Sasadai, Junpei and Tashiro, Tsubasa and Yoshimi, Mitsuhiro and Tsutsumi, Shogo and Arima, Satoshi and Kaneda, Kazuki and Onoue, Satoshi and Shima, Toshiya and Niitani, Manabu and Urabe, Yukio",
volume="6",
number="4",
pages="e106-e106",
abstract="The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a physical fall-risk screening tool and predictor of adverse health effects for the older. Its limited use in Japan is due to the relative ease for high-functioning older adults to achieve perfect scores. Japanese researchers thus created a community-based SPPB (SPPB-com). This study investigated whether the SPPB-com score can distinguish between older patients classified as &quot;fallers&quot; and &quot;non-fallers.&quot; Participants comprised 185 older outpatients aged 65 and above who self-reported their history of accidental falls and relevant physical activity. Fall risk was assessed using SPPB and SPPB-com. Handgrip strength, maximum isometric knee extensor strength, and maximum walking speed were measured as physical functions. Multivariate logistic regression and receiver-operating characteristic analyses determined criteria indicating faller status. Fallers were older and had lower physical function, physical activity, SPPB, and SPPB-com scores than non-fallers. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed SPPB (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.59-0.99, p = 0.045) and SPPB-com (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.45-0.87, p = 0.005) scores were both independently associated with prior falls. The SPPB-com score may function as a fall-risk assessment tool for older outpatients, and its combined use with SPPB can increase the accuracy and precision of distinction between fallers and non-fallers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2308-3417",
doi="10.3390/geriatrics6040106",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6040106"
}