Physical aspects of healthy aging: assessments of three measures of balance for studies in middle-aged and older adults.
Physical aspects of healthy aging: assessments of three measures of balance for studies in middle-aged and older adults.
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10.1155/2010/849761
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2010-01-01
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Curb, J David
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Ceria-Ulep, Clementina D;Grove, John;Curb, J David
目标.在正常成人人群中调查EPESE、NHANES和良好平衡平台系统（GBPS）平衡组件的可靠性及其与年龄的相关性。设计横截面。设置.太平洋城市医疗中心。参与者随机抽取203名檀香山心脏项目参与者的健康后代，年龄在38-71岁之间。测量.在间隔一周的访视时，使用EPESE、NHANES和良好平衡系统测试的平衡组件对受试者进行两次检查。结果EPESE和NHANES成套测试的挑战性不足以成功区分健康状况良好的受试者，甚至是老年受试者。GBPS允许客观的定量测量，但重测相关性一般不高。只有当受试者站在泡沫垫上时，GBPS变量才与年龄相关;它们也与人体测量变量相关。结论EPESE和NHANES平衡测试对健康受试者来说都太容易了。GBPS的可靠性系数普遍较低，除了最困难的测试条件（泡沫垫，闭上眼睛）。身高和体脂都与GBPS评分相关，如果使用平衡作为未来健康的预测因子，则需要对这些变量进行调整。
Objectives. To investigate the reliability and correlations with age of the balance components of the EPESE, NHANES, and the Good Balance Platform System (GBPS) in a normal population of adults. Design. Cross-sectional. Setting. Urban Medical Center in the Pacific. Participants. A random sample of 203 healthy offspring of Honolulu Heart Program participants, ages 38-71. Measurements. Subjects were examined twice at visits one week apart using the balance components of the EPESE, NHANES, and the good balance system tests. Results. The EPESE and NHANES batteries of tests were not sufficiently challenging to allow successful discrimination among subjects in good health, even older subjects. The GBPS allowed objective quantitative measurements, but the test-retest correlations generally were not high. The GBPS variables correlated with age only when subjects stood on a foam pad; they also were correlated with anthropometric variables. Conclusion. Both EPESE and NHANES balance tests were too easy for healthy subjects. The GBPS had generally low reliability coefficients except for the most difficult testing condition (foam pad, eyes closed). Both height and body fat were associated with GBPS scores, necessitating adjusting for these variables if using balance as a predictor of future health.