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Age-Related Changes In Strength And Somato-Sensation During Mid-Life Support Rationale For Targeted Preventive Intervention Programs, Nancy Low Choy, Sandra Brauer, Jennifer Nitz
Age-Related Changes In Strength And Somato-Sensation During Mid-Life Support Rationale For Targeted Preventive Intervention Programs, Nancy Low Choy, Sandra Brauer, Jennifer Nitz
Nancy Low Choy
Age-related changes in strength and somatosensation have a negative impact on balance with advanced age. Knowledge of the decades of life when strength and somatosensation show initial and subsequent reductions could inform balance assessment and targeted preventive intervention. We report a cross-sectional study investigating strength and somatosensation of 316 healthy women aged 20–80 years. Demographics, health profile, and activity level were recorded. Strength of quadriceps, hip abductors and adductors, and lower limb somatosensation (tactile acuity, vibration threshold, and joint position error) were measured. Significant age-related changes in strength and somatosensory function were identified, even when demographic variables of activity level, …
Normal Values Of Balance Tests In Women Aged 20 - 80, Rosemary Isles, Nancy Low Choy, Marie Steers, Jennifer Nitz
Normal Values Of Balance Tests In Women Aged 20 - 80, Rosemary Isles, Nancy Low Choy, Marie Steers, Jennifer Nitz
Nancy Low Choy
Objectives:
To determine normal values for four commonly used clinical functional balance tests from community-dwelling women aged 20 to 80 and to identify any significant decline due to aging.
Design:
A cross-sectional study was undertaken to provide normative values for four clinical balance tests across 6 decade cohorts.
Setting:
The Betty Byrne-Henderson Center for Women and Aging, Royal Womens' Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Participants:
Four hundred fifty-six community-dwelling, independently ambulant women with no obvious neurological or musculoskeletal-related disability, aged 20 to 80, were randomly recruited from a large metropolitan region.
Measurements:
The clinical balance measures/tests were the Timed Up and Go …