Functional reach of older adults: normative reference values based on new and published data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide normative reference values for the standing functional reach test for older adults.

Design

Observational study and meta-analysis of data from published studies.

Setting

Clinical Research Center.

Participants

Older adults: 199 hypertensive from INFINITY study and 7535 from consolidation of INFINITY and 20 other studies.

Main outcome measure

Functional reach.

Results

The mean (standard deviation) for functional reach for the hypertensive older adults was 27.5 (7.2) cm. For the consolidated sample of older adults, a random effects model determined a weighted mean (standard error) functional reach of 27.2 (0.9) cm with a 95% confidence interval of 25.5 to 28.9cm.

Conclusion

Pending the availability of data from a large pop

SUBMITTER: Bohannon RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628099 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature