The functional assessment Berg Balance Scale is better capable of estimating fall risk in the elderly than the posturographic Balance Stability System.

Abstract:

:The purpose of this study was to verify which instrument better identifies recurrent falls in the elderly. Ninety-eight old people, with an average age of 80 ± 4 years, were submitted to an assessment of balance and fall risk by means of the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and the posturographic Balance Stability System (BSS). The BBS was correlated with the BSS (r=-0.27; p=0.008), age (r=-0.38; p<0.001) and number of falls (r=-0.25; p=0.013) and the analysis of logistical regression showed that the elderly classified with fall risk on the BBS presented 2.5 (95%CI 1.08-5.78) more chance of identifying who had two falls or more over the last year. The BBS identified that the greater the age the worse the functional balance and demonstrated a greater capacity to identify falls risk suffered over the last year when compared with the BSS.

journal_name

Arq Neuropsiquiatr

authors

Pereira VV,Maia RA,Silva SM

doi

10.1590/s0004-282x2013000100003

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-01-01 00:00:00

pages

5-10

issue

1

eissn

0004-282X

issn

1678-4227

pii

S0004-282X2013000100003

journal_volume

71

pub_type

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