scholarly journals Relationship between Balance Ability and Lower Extremity Muscular Strength in the Elderly: Comparison by Gender, Age, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (TMIG) Index of Competence

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya HIRASE ◽  
Shigeru INOKUCHI ◽  
Jun SHIOZUKA ◽  
Kazumi NAKAHARA ◽  
Nobuou MATSUSAKA
Keyword(s):  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Muscular Strength ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Balance Ability ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute

Development of a Knee-gap Force Measurement Device to Evaluate Quantitative Lower Limb Muscular Strength of the Elderly

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiko Yamashita ◽  
Kazuya Imaizumi ◽  
Yumi Iwakami ◽  
Mitsuru Sato ◽  
Sawako Nakajima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Force Measurement ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Measurement Device

scholarly journals Correlation between the Korean Version of the Trunk Control Measurement Scale and the Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity Scores in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 687
Author(s):  
Misoo Lim ◽  
Haneul Lee ◽  
Hyoungwon Lim
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Motor Control ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Trunk Control ◽  
Control Measurement ◽  
Korean Version ◽  
Sitting Balance ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Balance Ability

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between the Korean version of the trunk control measurement scale (K-TCMS) and the selective control assessment of the lower extremity (SCALE). Through this, we tried to find out the effect of proximal stabilization on distal motor development. Materials and Methods: Fifty-one children with gross motor function classification system level I–III, diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP), were studied. The K-TCMS was used to evaluate the body control ability of the children. SCALE was used to quantify selective voluntary motor control (SVMC). Results: Analysis of SCALE and K-TCMS showed a significant positive correlation in all items. Multiple regression analysis showed that the SCALE score decreased as age increased, and that it increased as the static sitting balance ability score and the dynamic sitting balance ability score of the K-TCMS increased significantly (p < 0.05). Conclusions: In children with cerebral palsy, there was a close correlation between trunk control and selective voluntary motor control of the lower extremities. Therefore, when trying to improve the lower extremity function of a child with cerebral palsy, a trunk control intervention should be considered.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality Gait Training to Promote Balance and Gait Among Older People: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Geriatrics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Kyeongjin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Gait Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Timed Up And Go ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Functional Reach Test ◽  
Balance Ability ◽  
Standing Test ◽  
The One

Falls are the leading cause of injury and injury-related death in the elderly. This study evaluated the effect of virtual reality gait training (VRGT) with non-motorized treadmill on balance and gait ability of elderly individuals who had experienced a fall. Fifty-six elderly individuals living in local communities participated in this study. Subjects who met the selection criteria were randomly divided into a VRGT group (n = 28) and a control group (n = 28). The VRGT group received VRGT with non-motorized treadmill for 50 min a day for 4 weeks and 5 days a week. The control group received non-motorized treadmill gait training without virtual reality for the same amount of time as the VRGT group. Before and after the training, the one-leg-standing test, Berg Balance Scale, Functional Reach test, and Timed Up and Go test were used to assess balance ability, and the gait analyzer system was used to evaluate the improvement in gait spatiotemporal parameters. In the VRGT group, the balance ability variable showed a significant decrease in the one-leg-standing test and a significant improvement in the Timed Up and Go test. With respect to spatiotemporal gait parameters, velocity and step width decreased significantly in the VRGT group (p < 0.05), and stride length and step length were significantly improved in the VRGT group (p < 0.05). VRGT with non-motorized treadmill has been shown to improve balance and gait ability in the elderly. This study is expected to provide basic data on exercise programs for the elderly to prevent falls.

Characteristic of the Elderly Acute Heart Failure Patient: Data form Multicenter AHF Registry in Tokyo Metropolitan Area

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. S162
Author(s):  
Sayaka Funabashi ◽  
Ayumi Goda ◽  
Taku Inohara ◽  
Mayuko Yagawa ◽  
Keitaro Mahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Acute Heart Failure ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Heart Failure Patient ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Patient Data ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Data Form
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