RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The correlation between fear of falling and upper extremity muscle strength
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 411
OP 418
DO 10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200674
VO 42
IS 4
A1 Bulent Yardimci
A1 Melahat Akdeniz
A1 Tarik Demir
YR 2021
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/42/4/411.abstract
AB Objectives: To determine the relationship between fear of falling (FOF) and upper extremity muscle strength.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 112 hospitalized, mobile patients. Forty-seven (42%) were males and 65 (58%) were females, and the mean age was 72.3. The study was carried out between September 2018 and September 2019 at Balikli Rum Hospital Nursing Homes, Istanbul, Turkey. Patients were tested using geriatric tools (such as Mini-Mental State Examination) and physical tests such as handgrip, key pinch and 6-meter up and go tests.Results: The average annual falling number of elderly people with FOF was statistically significantly higher than that in those without FOF (p=0.001). Right handgrip, left handgrip, right key pinch, and left key-pinch mean values in elderly individuals with FOF were statistically significantly lower than those without FOF (p< 0.001, p< 0.001, p< 0.001, p< 0.001, respectively).Conclusion: The measurement of upper extremity strength could be a predicting parameter of FOF.