Gait speed and risk assessment for falls among men aged 80 years and older: A prospective cohort study in Taiwan

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 298-302

  Liang, C K ^a,c   Chou, M Y ^a,c   Peng, L N ^a,b   Liao, M C ^a   Chu, C L ^a   Lin, Y T ^a,c   Chen, L K ^b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fall; Gait speed; History of falls; Men; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; VELOCITY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84908231744     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2014.06.034     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Chen CY. Meeting the challenges of elder care in Taiwan's aging society. J Clin Gerontol Geriatr 2010;1:2-4.
2. Sattin RW. Falls among older persons: a public health prospective. Ann Rev Public Health 1992;13:489-508.
3. Dellinger AM, Stevens JA. The injury problem among older adults: mortality, morbidity and costs. J Safety Res 2006;37:519-22.
4. Tinetti ME, Speechley M, Ginter SF. Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community. N Engl J Med 1988;319:1701-7.
5. Tinetti ME, Baker DI, McAvay G, Claus EB, Garrett P, Gottschalk M, et al. A multifa ctorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among elderly people living in the community. N Engl J Med 1994;331:821-7.
6. Kenny RA, Rubenstein LZ, Tinetti ME, Brewer K, Cameron KA, Cap ezuti EA, et al. Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Soci-ety clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011;59:148-57.
7. Bongue B, Dupré C, Beauchet O, Rossat A, Fantino B, Colvez A. A screening tool with five risk factors was developed for fall-risk prediction in community-dwelling elderly. J Clin Epidemiol 2011;64:1152-60.
8. Chu LW, Chi I, Chiu AY. Incidence and predictors of falls in the Chinese elderly. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005;34:60-72.
9. Teno J, Kiel DP, Mor V. Multiple stumbles: a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling elderly: a prospective study. J Am Geriatr Soc 1990;38:1321-5.
10. Edwards MH1, Jameson K, Denison H, Harvey NC, Sayer AA, Dennison EM, et al. Clinical risk factors, bone density and fall history in the prediction of incident fracture among men and women. Bone 2013;52:541-7.
11. Abellan van Kan G, Rolland Y, Andrieu S, Bauer J, Beauchet O, Bonnefoy M, et al. Gait speed at usual pace as a predictor of adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people an International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) Task Force. J Nutr Health Aging 2009;13:881-9.
12. Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Baeyens JP, Bauer JM, Boirie Y, Cederholm T, Landi F, et al. European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis: report of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People. Age Ageing 2010;39:412-23.
13. Studenski S, Perera S, Patel K, Rosano C, Faulkner K, Inzitari M, et al. Gait speed and survival in older adults. JAMA 2011;305:50-8.
14. Cesari M, Kritchevsky SB, Penninx BW, Nicklas BJ, Simonsick EM, Newman AB, et al. Prognostic value of usual gait speed in wel l-functioning older people - results from the Health Aging and Body Composition Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:1675-80.
15. Cesari M, Onder G, Zamboni V, Manini T, Shorr RI, Russo A, et al. Physical function and self-rated health status as predictors of mortality: results from longitudinal analysis in the ilSIRENTE study. BMC Geriatry 2008;8:34.
16. Taekema DG, Gussekloo J, Westendorp RG, de Craen AJ, Maier AB. Predicting survival in oldest old people. Am J Med 2012;125:1188e1-94e1.
17. Charlson ME,Pompei P,Al es KL,MacKenzie CR.,A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation, J Chronic Dis, 1987, 40, 373-83.
18. Liao YC, Yeh TL, Ko HC, et al. Geriatric depression scale (GDS) - a preliminary report of reliability and validity for Chinese version. Changhua Med J 1995;1:11-7 in Chinese.
19. Kaiser MJ, Bauer JM, Ramsch C, Uter W, G uigoz Y, Cederholm T, et al. Validation of the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA-SF): a practical tool for identification of nutritional status. J Nutr Health Aging 2009;13:782-8.
20. Tomb augh TN, McIntyre NJ. The mini-mental state examination: a compre-hensive review. J Am Geriatr Soc 1992;40:922-35.
21. Lawton MP, Brody EM. Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living. Gerontologist 1969;9:179-86.
22. Rabin R, De Charro F. EQ-5D: a measure of health status from the EuroQol Group. Ann Med 2001;33:337-43.
23. Liu LK, Lee WJ, Liu CL, Chen LY, Lin MH, Peng LN, et al. Age-related skeletal muscle mass loss and physical performance in Taiwan: implications to diag-nostic strategy of sarcopenia in Asia. Geriatr Ge rontol Int 2013;13:964-71.
24. Lee WJ, Liu LK, Peng LN, Lin MH, Chen LK, Research ILAS Group. Comparisons of sarcopenia defined by IWGS and EWGSOP criteria among older people: results from t he I-Lan longitudinal aging study. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2013;14:528e1-7.
25. Biderman A, Cwikel J, Fried AV, Galisnky D. Depression and falls among community dwelling elderly people: a search for common risk factors. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:631-6.
26. A report of the Kellogg International Work Group on the prevention of falls by the elderly. The prevention of falls in later life. Dan Med Bull 1987;34:1-24.
27. Dargent-Molina P, Favier F, Grandjean H, et al. Fall-related factors and risk of hip fracture: the EPIDOS prospective study. Lancet 1996;348:145-9.
28. Montero-Odasso M, Schapira M, Soriano ER, Varela M, Kaplan R, Camera LA, Mayorga LM. Gait velocity as a single predictor of adverse events in healthy senior aged 75 years and older. J Gerontol Med Sci 2005;60:1304-9.
29. De Rekeneire N, Visser M, Peila R, Nevitt MC, Cauley JA, Tylavsky FA, et al. Is a fall just a fall: correlates of falling in healthy older persons. The Health, Agi ng and Body Composition Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:841-6.
30. Barak Y, Wagenaar RC, Holt KG. Gait characteristics of elderly people with a history of falls: a dynamic approach. Phys Ther 2006;86:1501-10.
31. Idland G, Sylliaas H, M engshoel AM, Pettersen R, Bergland A. Progressive resistance training for community-dwelling women aged 90 or older: a single-subject experimental design. Disabil Rehabil 2014;36(15):1240-8.
32. Beyer N, Simonsen L, Bü low J, Lorenzen T, Jensen DV, Larsen L, et al. Old women with a recent fall history show improved muscle strength and function sustained for six months after finishing training. Aging Clin Exp Res 2007;19:300-9.