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The timed 'Up & Go' is dependent on chair type

Siggeirsdottir, K ; Jonsson, BY ; Jonsson, H and Iwarsson, Susanne LU (2002) In Clinical Rehabilitation 16(6). p.609-616
Abstract
Introduction: The timed 'Up & Go' (TUG) is a performance test identifying problems in functional mobility. More knowledge on how the type of chair used influences test results is needed. Objective: To investigate inter-rater agreement on the time score and to assess if chair type used influenced the performance of the test. Setting: (1) Inter-rater agreement investigation on the time score was carried out with elderly individuals living in a retirement home (n = 31). (2) Four types of chairs were tested on elderly individuals in three different health care centres (n = 100). Results: The two observers were close in timing (mean difference = 0.04 s). From a reference chair the median time for TUG was 15.7 s compared with 16.9 s from a... (More)
Introduction: The timed 'Up & Go' (TUG) is a performance test identifying problems in functional mobility. More knowledge on how the type of chair used influences test results is needed. Objective: To investigate inter-rater agreement on the time score and to assess if chair type used influenced the performance of the test. Setting: (1) Inter-rater agreement investigation on the time score was carried out with elderly individuals living in a retirement home (n = 31). (2) Four types of chairs were tested on elderly individuals in three different health care centres (n = 100). Results: The two observers were close in timing (mean difference = 0.04 s). From a reference chair the median time for TUG was 15.7 s compared with 16.9 s from a chair with a low seat (p < 0.001). It was significantly more difficult to stand up from a chair without armrests (p < 0.001), and from the lowest chair (p < 0.001), which was also the only chair difficult to sit down on (p = 0.02). Conclusion: The inter-rater agreement of the time scoring of the TUG has been confirmed. Test performance is dependent on chair type; chairs with armrests and a seating height of 44-47 cm should be used. Clinicians must follow standard procedures and equipment when using the test or else risk invalidating test findings. (Less)
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Clinical Rehabilitation
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609 - 616
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1477-0873
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10.1191/0269215502cr529oa
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000)
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
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  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{Clinical Rehabilitation}},
  title        = {{The timed 'Up & Go' is dependent on chair type}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0269215502cr529oa}},
  doi          = {{10.1191/0269215502cr529oa}},
  volume       = {{16}},
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