Means K M
Falls and Mobility Disorders Program, John L. McClellan Memorial VA Medical Center, Little Rock, AR 72114, USA.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 1996 Oct;33(4):413-29.
Many conventional methods employed in the assessment of balance and mobility in the elderly are expensive, difficult to administer, rely heavily on complex technology, or provide limited functional information so essential to the planning and implementation of rehabilitation interventions. The author has developed a functionally oriented obstacle course for use in the rehabilitation setting, to aid in the evaluation of elderly subjects with balance and mobility dysfunction. The obstacle course consists of 12 simulated functional tasks. Qualitative and quantitative individual task and overall scores are given for each obstacle course performance. A description of the design and rationale for the obstacle course is presented. For demonstration purposes, nonexperimental obstacle course performance data from a small group of elderly volunteers is included. With further validation studies, the obstacle course has potential to become a useful tool in the evaluation and rehabilitation of balance and mobility disorders, in order to aid in the prevention of falls and fall-related injuries in the elderly.
许多用于评估老年人平衡能力和活动能力的传统方法都很昂贵，实施困难，严重依赖复杂技术，或者提供的功能信息有限，而这些信息对于康复干预的规划和实施至关重要。作者开发了一种功能导向的障碍课程，用于康复环境，以帮助评估有平衡和活动功能障碍的老年受试者。障碍课程由12项模拟功能任务组成。每次障碍课程表现都会给出定性和定量的单项任务及总体分数。本文介绍了障碍课程的设计和原理。为了说明目的，还纳入了一小群老年志愿者的非实验性障碍课程表现数据。通过进一步的验证研究，障碍课程有可能成为评估和康复平衡及活动障碍的有用工具，以帮助预防老年人跌倒及与跌倒相关的伤害。
