Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA.
Age Ageing. 2012 Nov;41(6):803-7. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs070. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
timed limb coordination tests are reliable measures of motor performance but many lack published reference values.
to determine mean values for timed tests in an older cohort, examining associations with anthropometric characteristics, handedness, gender and age.
cross-sectional.
community.
sixty-nine healthy adults divided into three groups: 60-69, 70-79 and 80+ years.
height, weight and time to complete five repetitions of finger-to-nose, pronation-supination, mass grasp, opposition and heel-on-shin were recorded. Performances were statistically compared with anthropometric characteristics, handedness and across age groups and gender.
for all tests, height negatively correlated with speed (r = -0.26 to -0.41). Weight negatively correlated with performance of two tests (r = -0.25 to -0.35). When covariates were controlled, men performed heel-on-shin faster than women. The youngest group completed upper extremity tests faster than the oldest. Adults in their 70 s completed finger-to-nose and pronation-supination faster than persons aged 80+ years.
we report mean values for five clinical tests of timed limb coordination that may aid in identifying mild deficits in otherwise healthy older adults.
计时肢体协调测试是可靠的运动表现衡量标准，但许多测试缺乏已发表的参考值。
确定老年人群中计时测试的平均值，同时研究其与人体测量特征、利手情况、性别和年龄的关联。
横断面研究。
社区。
69 名健康成年人，分为三组：60-69 岁、70-79 岁和 80 岁以上。
记录身高、体重和完成五次手指触鼻、旋前-旋后、抓握、对指和足跟碰小腿的时间。对所有测试的表现与人体测量特征、利手情况以及不同年龄组和性别进行了统计学比较。
对于所有测试，身高与速度呈负相关（r = -0.26 至 -0.41）。体重与两项测试的表现呈负相关（r = -0.25 至 -0.35）。当控制了协变量后，男性完成足跟碰小腿的速度快于女性。最年轻的组完成上肢测试的速度快于最年长的组。70 多岁的成年人完成手指触鼻和旋前-旋后的速度快于 80 岁以上的人。
我们报告了五项临床计时肢体协调测试的平均值，这可能有助于识别身体状况良好的老年人中轻微的运动功能缺陷。
