Effective Tempo of the Step Test for Dynamic Balance Ability in the Elderly
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概要
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This study aimed to examine the reliability and sex- and age-related differences of step tests with stipulated tempos as well as to clarify useful test parameters and tempos. One hundred forty elderly people and fifty young adults conducted tapping and stepping tests, matching the tempo provided by a metronome. Both tests involve movements where the subject touches a sheet with both the right and left hands or right and left legs at a designated spot. Evaluation parameters were the time difference between the beep sound and the time at which the sheet was touched in both tests as well as two-leg support and one-leg support times in the step test. The trial-to-trial reliability of the parameters in both tests was high. The time differences of both 40bpm tests in the elderly were larger in males than in females. In the step test, the time difference and two-leg support times of the elderly were larger, in the order of 40, 60, and 120bpm, and the one-leg support time was less in 40bpm than 60bpm or 120bpm. The one-leg support time of the young subjects was larger, in the order of 40, 60, and 120bpm. A significant age-related difference was found in the 40bpm and 60bpm test, and the time difference and two-leg support time were larger in the elderly while the one-leg support time was larger in the young subjects. The time difference at 40bpm in the elderly was larger in the step test than in the tap test. There was no significant difference between both tests in the young subjects. In conclusion, the step test with the slow tempo, because it requires a long one-leg support phase, is effective for evaluating dynamic balance in the elderly. The time difference and two-leg and one-leg support times are effective evaluation parameters of the step test.
- 日本生理人類学会の論文
著者
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Demura Shinichi
Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University
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Demura Shinichi
Graduate School Of Natural Sci. & Technol. Kanazawa Univ.
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SHIN Sohee
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
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Demura Shinichi
Graduate School Of Natural Science & Technology Kanazawa University
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Shin Sohee
Kanazawa Univ. Graduate School Of Natural Sci. & Technol.
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Shin Sohee
Graduate School Of Natural Science & Technology Kanazawa University
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