Open AccessTimed “Up & Go” Test as a Predictor of Falls Within 6 Months After Hip Fracture Surgery
Author(s) -
Morten Tange Kristensen,
Nicolai Bang Foss,
Henrik Kehlet
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20050271
Subject(s) - hip fracture , medicine , orthopedic surgery , physical therapy , rehabilitation , prospective cohort study , acute care , timed up and go test , activities of daily living , poison control , injury prevention , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , health care , emergency medicine , surgery , osteoporosis , economic growth , economics
Previous studies of Timed "Up & Go" Test (TUG) scores as a predictor of falls were based primarily on retrospective data, and no prospective studies of the TUG for predicting falls in people with hip fracture are available. The purpose of this study was to determine whether TUG scores obtained upon discharge from an acute orthopedic hip fracture unit can predict falls in people with hip fracture during a 6-month follow-up period.
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