TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Balance disorders in the elderly: does instability increase over time?
JO  - Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
A1  - Soto-Varela, Andrés
A1  - Rossi-Izquierdo, Marcos
A1  - Faraldo-García, Ana
A1  - Vaamonde-Sánchez-Andrade, Isabel
A1  - Gayoso-Diz, Pilar
A1  - Del-Río-Valeiras, María
A1  - Lirola-Delgado, Antonio
A1  - Santos-Pérez, Sofía
SP  - 550
EP  - 558
VL  - 125
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To analyze the equilibriometric differences between 2 populations of elderly patients (young elderly and very elderly) with instability induced solely by age. <br><br>METHODS: Cross-sectional study, with 2 study groups classified according to patient age (cut-points in twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of the age of the sample). POPULATION: 64 patients aged 65 years or more. Two groups of 32 subjects were established: group A (people 65 years of age or older but less than 72.6, twenty-fifth percentile) and group B (patients 82.5 years, seventh-fifth percentile, or older). Main analyzed variables: timed up-and-go test, sensory organization test of the computerized dynamic posturography, Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), and Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) questionnaires. Student's t test or the Mann-Whitney test were used. <br><br>RESULTS: The older patients obtain poorer scores in the equilibriometric tests but not in all of them. In the sensory organization test, the older patients make poorer use of visual and vestibular information; they also require more time and steps for the timed up-and-go. With regards to the questionnaires, fear of falling is greater (higher Short FES-I scores) but not subjective perception of disability (DHI scores without differences). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to establish aged subgroups of elderly patients with instability, adapting therapeutic strategies.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-4894
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003489416629979
ID  - ref1
ER  -