Remote assessment of physical function in older people: feasibility, safety and agreement with in-person administration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical function is a key health indicator in older people. Interchangeable remote and in-person assessments could improve monitoring flexibility.

Objective

To evaluate feasibility, safety and agreement between remote home and in-person laboratory physical function assessments in community-living older people.

Methods

Thirty-seven people aged 60+ completed remote and in-person assessments of the five-times Sit-to-Stand (5STS), Timed Up-and-Go (TUG), standing balance test, 4 m Walk and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) in counter-balanced order, two days apart. Feasibility was assessed as technological and environmental barriers, safety as adverse events, and agreement using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and smallest detectable differen

SUBMITTER: van Schooten KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476136 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature