Relationship between lower limb muscle strength and future falls among community-dwelling older adults with no history of falls: a prospective 1-year study
| Autor: | Flávio Tavares Vieira, Luciana Mendes Cangussu-Oliveira, Daniela Cristina Carvalho de Abreu, Renato Campos Freire Júnior, Jaqueline Mello Porto, Luana Letícia Capato, Bruna Garcia Medeiros de Oliveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Poison control Logistic regression Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Injury prevention Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Muscle Strength Prospective Studies Risk factor Postural Balance Aged IDOSOS business.industry Confounding Muscle weakness medicine.anatomical_structure Lower Extremity Physical therapy Independent Living Geriatrics and Gerontology Ankle medicine.symptom business Gerontology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
| Popis: | Objective: To investigate whether lower limb muscle strength could be a risk factor for the first fall among nonfaller community-dwelling older adults. Method: Hip, knee, and ankle peak torque (PT) was measured with an isokinetic dynamometer in 101 older adults with no history of falls in the previous year. Next, the authors followed up the participants on a monthly basis by telephone contact to determine the occurrence of fall episodes over a period of 1 year. Multivariate logistic regression adjusted for confounding variables was applied to assess the relationship between falls and lower limb PT. Results: there was no association between lower limb PT and future falls ( p > .05). Conclusion: Based on these results, it is important to identify other factors that predispose older adults with no history of falls to falling for the first time, so that early and effective preventive strategies may be elaborated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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