TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Usefulness of an unstable board balance test to accurately identify community-dwelling elderly individuals with a history of falls
JO  - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
A1  - Akizuki, Kazunori
A1  - Echizenya, Yuki
A1  - Kaneno, Tatsuya
A1  - Ohashi, Yukari
SP  - 71
EP  - 76
VL  - 51
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the usefulness of an un-stable board balance test in identifying a fall history among high-functioning community-dwelling elderly individuals. <br><br>DESIGN: Case-control study. SUBJECTS: Sixty-one community-dwelling elderly aged ≥ 65 years and having the capacity to walk independently without an assistive device. <br><br>METHODS: Subjects completed 3 balance performance tests: the Unstable Board Balance Test, Functional Reach Test, and Timed Up and Go. For analysis, subjects were classified as fallers or non-fallers based on the history of falls over the previous year, and performance outcomes were compared between the 2 groups. Subjects classified as fallers were then matched 1:1 with non-fallers (for sex, age, body weight and height), and the optimal cut-off score and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for each test were calculated. <br><br>RESULTS: Functional reach test and Timed Up and Go did not reliably discriminate between fallers and non-fallers. In contrast, the score on the unstable board balance test was significantly different between the 2 groups (p = 0.040). Among all 3 tests, AUC was largest for the unstable board balance test (0.78), with superior sensitivity (0.67) and specificity (0.87). <br><br>CONCLUSION: For high-functioning elderly subjects, the unstable board balance test was useful in discriminating between fallers and non-fallers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1650-1977
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2504
ID  - ref1
ER  -