Geriatrics - Week 7 Flashcards
Tests and measures for geriatrics
- Aerobic capacity/endurace
- Anthropometric characteristics
- Gait, locomotion and balance
- Muscle performance (including strength, power, and endurance)
- Posture
- ROM (including muscle length)
- Multidimensional tests
Aerobic capacity/endurace
- 6 minute walk test
- 2 minute walk test
- 400 meter walk test
- 2 minute step test
- 3 minute step test
- Seated stop test
Anthropometric characteristics
- Weight
- Height
- BMI
- Waist circumference
- Waist to hip ration
What is gait speed the best predictor of?
Single best predictor of decline in health and function
What does narrow corridor walk determine?
Moving balance
What does tandem walk test measure?
Balance, gait and mobility
What does figure of eight test assess?
Curved and straight path walking skills
What does four square step test predict?
Falls and is a clinical measure of rapid stepping, movement in 4 directions and obstacle avoidance
What does functional reach measure?
Anterior- posterior/ limits of stability
What does one leg stance test measure?
Static postural control and fall risk
What does Romberg/sharpened Romberg screen?
Proprioceptive and vestibular pathways
What does berg balance score evaluate?
Static and dynamic standing balance and fall risk
What do TUG, Dynamic gait index and functional gait assessment examine?
Dynamic gait balance and mobility and fall risk
Causes of sarcopenia
- Physical inactivity
- Loss of alpha motor neuron input to the muscle
- Decline in testosterone
- Decline in growth hormone
- Protein deficiency
Muscle performance tests?
- Timed chair stand test
- Timed 5-rep chair stand test
- Timed 10-rep chair stand test
- Grip strength
- Heel rise test
- Box stepping
- Timed stair climb
- Getting up from lying on the floor
- Arm curl test
- Hip extensor strength test
