Verification of the Relationship between Stepping Ability for Avoiding Falls and the Ten-Step Test in the Elderly

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-549
Author(s):  
Kengo OKAWARA ◽  
Yoshinobu YOSHIMOTO ◽  
Ryota ASHIZAWA ◽  
Kazuma YAMASHITA ◽  
Koki TAKE ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Desak Nyoman Puspa Indah Saraswati ◽  
Putu Ayu Sita Saraswati ◽  
Ni Wayan Tianing ◽  
I Putu Gede Adiatmika

Someone who has experienced an increase in age usually called the elderly. The health of the elderly population must be a concern because of the impact of aging, the elderly experience many changes in terms of structure and function of the body, mental and psychosocial. One that affects the health of the elderly is physical fitness. will decrease. One component of physical fitness related to motor skills is speed. In the elderly, there is a change in road pattern, where the speed decreases. Measuring the speed of walking in the elderly is one way to assess and monitor functional status and overall health in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of physical fitness with gait speed in the elderly in the Sumerta Kelod Village. The research method used was analytic observational with the cross-sectional design carried out in March - April 2019. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique with a sample of 40 people. The dependent variable measured is the gait speed with 4 Meters Gait Speed ??Test. The independent variable measured is physical fitness using the 2 Minutes Step Test. Obtained research results with a p-value of 0.0 (p < 0.05). So it can be concluded that there is a relationship between physical fitness towards gait speed in the elderly in the East Denpasar Sumerta Kelod Village.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Gomez-Conesa ◽  
Maria Virgilia Anton Anton ◽  
Daniel Jesus Catalan Matamoros

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 420-423
Author(s):  
Prapada Watcharanat ◽  
Prasong Tanpichai ◽  
Ravee Sajjasophon

Purpose: This research aims to study the relationship between perception of elderly’s health and health behaviors in Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand Methods: This research was a cross-sectional study. The questionnaire was used to collect the data. This research was conducted in Nakhon Nayok province. The sample size was 270 which applied Taro Yamane's formula at a significant level 0.05. The descriptive statistics was implemented to describe the variables by presenting the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis was applied to analyze the relationship between perception of elderly’s health and health behaviors. The statistical significance was considered to reject Hypothesis-null at < 0.05. Results: From a total of 270 people, more than 58.22% of the elderly perceived that they had moderate health conditions. Most elderly had congenital diseases (62.2%). The multiple regression analysis results showed that health status perception and health status perception when compared to their cohort related significantly to health behavior. Conclusion: The government should support the elderly on participation, trust, engagement, and cultural concern of the people in the community, which can contribute to promoting the physical, mental and social condition of the elderly.


1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Wood

The relationship between birthday and deathday has been called an artifact due to the continuous depletion of the population with age. However, while the population decreases with age, the death rate increases. These two influences cancel each other at ages seventy-five to eighty-four. The decreasing population dominates at older ages, but the situation is reversed at younger ages. The results account for no more than one-third of the size of the large-sample effects observed among the elderly. There is still a 33 percent excess of deaths resulting from heart disease among married people ages seventy-five and older in the three-day period centered at the birthday.


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