TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Mobility and muscle strength together are more strongly correlated with falls in suburb-dwelling older Chinese
JO  - Scientific reports
A1  - Wang, Xiuyang
A1  - Ma, Yixuan
A1  - Wang, Jiazhong
A1  - Han, Peipei
A1  - Dong, Renwei
A1  - Kang, Li
A1  - Zhang, Wen
A1  - Shen, Suxing
A1  - Wang, Jing
A1  - Li, Dongfang
A1  - Zhou, Maoran
A1  - Wang, Liancheng
A1  - Niu, Kaijun
A1  - Guo, Qi
SP  - e25420
EP  - e25420
VL  - 6
IS  - 
N2  - Falls are common in older adults and result in adverse outcomes. Impaired mobility and poor muscle strength have been consistently identified as the main contributors to falls. We choose three easy-to-perform tests (i.e. Timed Up and Go test (TUGT), walking speed (WS) and grip strength (GS)) in order to assess mobility and muscle strength to further define their relationship with falls. This study is cross-sectional, consisting of 1092 residents over 60-year-old; 589 were female. 204 (18.68%) participants reported falling at least once in the past year. It was found that, of the three tests evaluated independently, a TUGT < 9.1750 s had the strongest association with fewer falls. When evaluating these tests as pairs, the combination of a TUGT < 9.1750 s and a WS < 0.9963 m/s was the best protective indicator of falls after adjusting for age, sex and other variables. When evaluating all three tests in conjunction with each other, the combination of a TUGT < 9.1750 s, a WS < 0.9963 m/s, and a GS > 0.3816 was most correlated with less possibility of falls. The combination of a better TUGT performance, a stronger GS, and a slower WS is the most strongly correlated with less possibility of falls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-2322
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25420
ID  - ref1
ER  -