Paquet Nicole, Jehu Deborah A, Lajoie Yves
School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125, University Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada.
Aging Clin Exp Res. 2017 Apr;29(2):223-230. doi: 10.1007/s40520-016-0544-3. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
The Fukuda stepping and Babinski-Weil tests are associated with unperceived body rotation and linear displacements in young adults, but performance in older adults on these two tests has yet to be determined.
The main purpose was to compare the performance and reliability of the Fukuda stepping and Babinski-Weil tests in young and older adults.
Fifty older and 50 young adults executed three trials of each test on day 1 (test) and day 2 (retest). Lateral and longitudinal displacements and body rotation relative to the starting position were measured. Means and standard deviations (SD) were compared between the two groups with Mann-Whitney tests. Test-retest reliability was assessed with intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). Foot preference was determined from the score on the Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire and correlated with test scores.
Lateral and longitudinal displacements were significantly larger in older than young participants on the Fukuda stepping test (p < .01) and significantly smaller on the Babinski-Weil test (p < .001). Older participants displayed a significantly smaller SD on the three Babinski-Weil test trials (p < .001). Displacement and rotation measures ICC ranged between 0.25 and 0.77 in older and between 0.58 and 0.80 in young participants. Foot preference correlated with rotation on the Fukuda stepping test in young (p < .05), but not in older participants (p > .05).
Linear displacements, but not body rotation, were different between older and young adults. There was no clear age-related differences in test-retest reliability, but the moderate reliability indicates that performance can vary from day to day in both age groups.
在年轻人中，福田踏步试验和巴宾斯基 - 韦尔试验与未被察觉的身体旋转和线性位移有关，但老年人在这两项试验中的表现尚未确定。
主要目的是比较年轻人和老年人在福田踏步试验和巴宾斯基 - 韦尔试验中的表现及可靠性。
50名老年人和50名年轻人在第1天（测试）和第2天（复测）对每项试验各进行3次。测量相对于起始位置的横向和纵向位移以及身体旋转。使用曼 - 惠特尼检验比较两组之间的均值和标准差（SD）。用组内相关系数（ICC）评估重测信度。根据滑铁卢利手问卷的得分确定足偏好，并将其与测试分数相关联。
在福田踏步试验中，老年人的横向和纵向位移显著大于年轻人（p <.01），而在巴宾斯基 - 韦尔试验中显著小于年轻人（p <.001）。老年人在巴宾斯基 - 韦尔试验的三次试验中的标准差显著更小（p <.001）。位移和旋转测量的ICC在老年人中为0.25至0.77，在年轻人中为0.58至0.80。在年轻人中，足偏好与福田踏步试验中的旋转相关（p <.05），但在老年人中不相关（p >.05）。
老年人和年轻人之间的线性位移不同，但身体旋转无差异。在重测信度方面没有明显的年龄相关差异，但中等的信度表明两个年龄组的表现每天都可能有所不同。
