Comparison of the specificity of the tinetti and SPPB scales in the assessment of healthy elderly people and those with neuromotor dysfunctions in southern Goiás
Introduction: the increase in the elderly population in the world and the physiological changes resulting from this process reflect the need for good assessment tools for the early identification of possible declines. Objective: to compare the assessment findings by the Short Physical Performance Ba...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Conscientiae Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/24121 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/24121 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Idosos Marcha Equilíbrio Postural Acidentes por Quedas Aged Gait Postural Balance Accidental Falls |
| Sumario: | Introduction: the increase in the elderly population in the world and the physiological changes resulting from this process reflect the need for good assessment tools for the early identification of possible declines. Objective: to compare the assessment findings by the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and Tinetti's Balance and Gait Index validated in Brazil, verifying the specificity of each scale in the assessment of healthy elderly people and those with neuromotor dysfunctions. Methods: 76 individuals, 43 healthy and 33 with neuromotor dysfunction, of both sexes, aged at least 60 years, living in the cities of Caldas Novas-GO, Itumbiara-GO and Goiatuba-GO, were evaluated on alternate days by the SPPB and Tinetti scales. Results: the groups presented higher scores in the evaluations by Tinetti, which suggests greater sensitivity of the SPPB in the evaluation of gait and balance of these individuals. Conclusion: SPPB was more specific than Tinetti, being able to detect changes that the Tinetti Index was not able to find. |
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