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Development Of A Clinical Multiple-Lunge Test To Predict Falls In Older Adults, Ruth Wagenaar, Justin W. Keogh, Denise Taylor
Development Of A Clinical Multiple-Lunge Test To Predict Falls In Older Adults, Ruth Wagenaar, Justin W. Keogh, Denise Taylor
Justin Keogh
Objective: To develop a new Multiple-Lunge Test to distinguish between fallers and nonfallers in community-dwelling older adults.Design: A cross-sectional design was used to establish the sensitivity and specificity of the test to predict faller status based on retrospective self-reported fall history. Setting: Local retirement villages.Participants: Community-dwelling older adults (N 130; mean age SD, 77 7y) with (n 40) and without (n 90) a history of falls.Interventions: The Multiple-Lunge Test required individuals to lunge forward to a step length determined as 60% of their leg length, and return to start, for 5 consecutive repetitions. Interday and intraday test-retest reliability of the …