Modification of the functional reach test: Analysis of lateral and anterior functional reach in community-dwelling older people

• Published in: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 167 - 173
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Toshiaki, Ishida, Kenji, Yamamoto, Haruyasu, Takata, Jun, Nishinaga, Masanori, Doi, Yoshinori, Yamamoto, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.03.2006
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Activity of daily living (ADL); Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging - physiology; Depression; Depression - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Japan; Lateral functional reach; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Postural Balance - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Residence Characteristics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Timed up and go (TUG); Japan; Depression; Activity of daily living (ADL); Lateral functional reach; Timed up and go (TUG)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reproducibility of the modified lateral functional reach (FR), and to examine the associations between a variety of functional variables and the FR in community-dwelling older people (>65 years of age). A total of 383 aged Japanese partic...