Underlying Factors of Commonly Used Clinical Balance Assessments

• SHIMADA Hiroyuki

  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology:Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

• UCHIYAMA Yasushi

  Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Gunma University

• HARADA Kazuhiro

  Health Promotion Planning Office, Health Promotion Foundation of Okayama Prefecture

• OBUCHI Shuichi

  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

• LORD Stephen

  Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute

• SUZUKI Takao

  Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 姿勢バランス機能の因子構造
• ―臨床的バランス機能検査による検討―

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the underlying factor structure of commonly used clinical balance measurements. Subjects comprised 79 community-dwelling elderly people (mean age: 79 ± 5.9 years) who were receiving a day-care rehabilitation program. Six clinical balance tests were administered to the subjects on a single occasion. The tests comprised two measures of sway using postulography, the Manual Perturbation Test, the Functional Reach Test, the Functional Balance Scale and the Performance-Orientated Mobility Assessment. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four underlying balance factors; standing balance, ability to withstand perturbations, leaning balance with a stationary base of support and dynamic balance with movement of the base of support. Structural equation modeling confirmed that these four factors comprised the substructure of the balance assessments. These findings are helpful for identifying the tests required for comprehensive assessment of balance in elderly people.

Journal

• Physical Therapy Japan

  Physical Therapy Japan 33 (5), 283-288, 2006-08-20

  Japanese Society of Physical Therapy

Keywords

• バランス機能検査
• 機能分類
• 高齢者

Details

• CRID: 1390001288060824192
• NII Article ID: 110004798409
• NII Book ID: AN10146032
• DOI: 10.15063/rigaku.kj00004363164
• ISSN: 2189602X
• ISSN: 02893770
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2007070780
• Text Lang: ja
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  • CiNii Articles
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