Performances on the Timed Up and Go Test and subtasks between fallers and non-fallers in older adults with cognitive impairment

ABSTRACT This work aimed to compare performances on the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and its subtasks between faller and non-faller older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A prospective study was conducted, with 38 older adults with MCI and 37 with mild AD. Participants underwent an assessment at baseline (the TUG and its subtasks using the Qualisys ProReflex system) and the monitoring of falls at the six-month follow up. After six months, 52.6% participants with MCI and 51.3% with AD fell. In accordance with specific subtasks, total performance on the TUG distinguished fallers from non-fallers with AD, fallers from non-fallers with MCI and non-fallers with MCI from non-fallers with AD. Although no other difference was found in total performances, non-fallers with MCI and fallers with AD differed on the walking forward, turn and turn-to-sit subtasks; and fallers with MCI and non-fallers with AD differed on the turn-to-sit subtask.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

• Publication date

  2017-11-23

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/0004-282X20180055PMID 29972420
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Gait, dual task and history of falls in elderly with preserved cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and mild Alzheimer's disease

  2017influential reference
• Mobility as a predictor of all-cause mortality in older men and women: 11.8 year follow-up in the Tromsø study

  2017cited by this paper
• Risk Factors for Falls in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer Disease

  2017cited by this paper
• Cognitive Correlates of Timed Up and Go Subtasks in Older People With Preserved Cognition, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease

  2017cited by this paper
• Falls, Cognitive Impairment, and Gait Performance: Results From the GOOD Initiative.

  2017cited by this paper
• Continuous Monitoring of Turning Mobility and Its Association to Falls and Cognitive Function: A Pilot Study.

  2016cited by this paper
• Functional Mobility in a Divided Attention Task in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment

  2015cited by this paper
• Quantitative analysis of fall risk using TUG test

  2015cited by this paper
• Neuropsychological, physical, and functional mobility measures associated with falls in cognitively impaired older adults.

  2014cited by this paper
• Differences in trunk accelerometry between frail and non-frail elderly persons in functional tasks

  2014cited by this paper
• Cognitive function and gait speed under normal and dual-task walking among older adults with mild cognitive impairment

  2014cited by this paper
• Association Between Performance on Timed Up and Go Subtasks and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Further Insights into the Links Between Cognitive and Motor Function

  2014influential reference
• Gait parameter risk factors for falls under simple and dual task conditions in cognitively impaired older people.

  2013cited by this paper
• Accuracy of Timed Up and Go Test for screening risk of falls among community-dwelling elderly.

  2012influential reference
• Gait assessment in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: the effect of dual-task challenges across the cognitive spectrum.

  2012cited by this paper
• Association Between Timed Up‐and‐Go and Memory, Executive Function, and Processing Speed

  2012cited by this paper
• Gait analysis in elderly adult patients with mild cognitive impairment and patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease: simple versus dual task: a preliminary report

  2010cited by this paper
• The value of instrumental gait analysis in elderly healthy, MCI or Alzheimer's disease subjects and a comparison with other clinical tests used in single and dual-task conditions.

  2009cited by this paper
• Incidence and Prediction of Falls in Dementia: A Prospective Study in Older People

  2009cited by this paper
• Quantitative evaluation of movement using the timed up-and-go test

  2008cited by this paper
• Effect of Divided Attention on Gait in Subjects With and Without Cognitive Impairment

  2007cited by this paper
• Risk of falls in Alzheimer's disease: a prospective study.

  2005cited by this paper
• [Validity of the Portuguese version of Clinical Dementia Rating].

  2005cited by this paper
• Factorial validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS) among Spanish professionals.

  2005cited by this paper
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed.

  1994cited by this paper
• [Affective disorders in the fourth edition of the classification of mental disorders prepared by the American Psychiatric Association -- diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders].

  1993cited by this paper
• The prevention of falls in later life. A report of the Kellogg International Work Group on the Prevention of Falls by the Elderly.

  1987cited by this paper
• Familial polyposis coli.

  1987cited by this paper

• Association of the Timed Up and Go Test With Alzheimer's Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  2025cites this paper
• A cross-sectional analysis of fall risk among institutionalized older adults in Malaysia

  2025cites this paper
• Discrepant Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Gait Impairments in Thalamic Infarction Patients

  2025cites this paper
• Distinguishing Pathologic Gait in Older Adults Using Instrumented Insoles and Deep Neural Networks

  2025cites this paper
• Stride length and cerebellar regulation: Key features of early gait disorder in cerebral small vessel disease

  2024cites this paper
• A Meta-Analysis of Fall Risk in Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease.

  2024cites this paper
• The Ability of Physical Performance Measures to Identify Fall Risk in Older Adults Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  2024cites this paper
• Proposal of a physical functional performance index based on body size standardization for older adults. Performance tests normalization for older adults

  2024cites this paper
• Meta-Analysis-Based Comparison of Annual Fall Risk between Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

  2024influential citation
• Velocity walking test: Selective influences on physical functional performance for better tracking of older women.

  2023cites this paper
• Physical and cognitive function to explain the quality of life among older adults with cognitive impairment: exploring cognitive function as a mediator

  2023cites this paper
• The Relationship between Handgrip Strength, Timed Up-and-Go, and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older People during COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions

  2023cites this paper
• Riesgo de caídas en pacientes operados por fractura de fémur proximal sobre el año de cirugía

  2023cites this paper
• Risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people with mild cognitive impairment: a prospective one-year study

  2022influential citation
• Prevalence, risk factors and effectiveness of falls prevention interventions for adults living with Mild Cognitive Impairment in the community: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  2022cites this paper
• Reliability and discriminant validity of the quantitative timed up and go in typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy GMFCS levels I-II

  2022cites this paper
• Deep Learning-Based Subtask Segmentation of Timed Up-and-Go Test Using RGB-D Cameras

  2022cites this paper
• Gait and cognitive abnormalities are associated with regional cerebellar atrophy in elderly fallers - A pilot study.

  2021cites this paper
• Quantification of the Link between Timed Up-and-Go Test Subtasks and Contractile Muscle Properties

  2021cites this paper
• Risk factors for falls in older people with cognitive impairment living in the community: systematic review and meta-analysis.

  2021cites this paper
• Progression of Gait Changes in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.

  2021cites this paper
• Age Moderates Differences in Performance on the Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test Between People With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers

  2020cites this paper
• Quantitative falls risk assessment in elderly people: results from a clinical study with distance based timed up-and-go test recordings

  2020cites this paper
• Functional parameters indicative of mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review using instrumented kinematic assessment

  2020cites this paper
• Waveform skewness: Parameter for timed Up & Go turn assessment

  2019cites this paper
• Extended Timed Up & Go test: Is walking forward and returning back to the chair equivalent gait?

  2019cites this paper