Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018
A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIMED UP AND GO TEST BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE ELDERLY PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING GERIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHENNAI.
Dr. Manickam Senthil Kumar, Dr. Kesavan Umakalyani
Abstract :
Timed up and Go (TUG) test is a simple test to assess the functional status in elderly in outpatient set up. It is the time taken for an elderly to get up from a chair, walk 3 metres and come back. The more time the person takes the more is the functional impairment.
The aim of this study is to apply Timed up and Go (TUG) test in willing elderly participants attending Geriatric outpatient clinic, Madras Medical College, Chennai and compare it between male and females.
Materials and Methods
Design: Hospital based prospective comparative study
204 patients were selected and Timed Up and Go test was applied. Sample size was chosen according to our convenience.
Results
The mean TUG score in males was 10.06 seconds.
The mean TUG score in females was 16.68 seconds.
Conclusion
There is a statistically significant difference in TUG score between male and females(p value 0.0001)
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Dr.Manickam Senthil kumar, Dr.Kesavan Umakalyani, A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIMED UP AND GO TEST BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE ELDERLY PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING GERIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHENNAI., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018
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Dr.Manickam Senthil kumar, Dr.Kesavan Umakalyani, A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIMED UP AND GO TEST BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE ELDERLY PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING GERIATRIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHENNAI., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018
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