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Nontarget and Target-oriented Functional Reach among Elderly Females at Risk of Falls


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1 Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
     

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Objective: TO study nontarget and target-oriented functional reach among elders female at risk of falls.

Materials and Method: The distance of the distal end of the third metacarpal after the subject reached forward was obtained and recorded. The difference between the final and initial measurement of 3 trials was recorded.The maximum distance achieved by the subject beyond her FR score was recorded as the TOFR and average of 0-7 trial was recorded.

Result: In this study; Paired samples t (2-tailed) test shows two variants are different and highly significant and mild correlation between two scores using spearman's correlation coefficient. (r=.66, p<.005).

Conclusion: This study concluded that altering the functional reach test by providing a target would produce different but mild correlated score.


Keywords

Functional Reach, Balance, Fall
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Punia Sonu
Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
Malik Manoj
Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


Objective: TO study nontarget and target-oriented functional reach among elders female at risk of falls.

Materials and Method: The distance of the distal end of the third metacarpal after the subject reached forward was obtained and recorded. The difference between the final and initial measurement of 3 trials was recorded.The maximum distance achieved by the subject beyond her FR score was recorded as the TOFR and average of 0-7 trial was recorded.

Result: In this study; Paired samples t (2-tailed) test shows two variants are different and highly significant and mild correlation between two scores using spearman's correlation coefficient. (r=.66, p<.005).

Conclusion: This study concluded that altering the functional reach test by providing a target would produce different but mild correlated score.


Keywords


Functional Reach, Balance, Fall