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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

年輕人與高齡者動態平衡能力的評估與比較

Abstract

Background: Falls are one of high risk factors to the quality of health of elderly adults. A study with early screening for potential high risk factors for elderly adults is helpful to reduce the incidence of falls. Little research has been done to evaluate elderly adults in terms of limits of stability (LOS). Moreover, regarding elderly adult balance, most focuses have been placed on their feet when standing for long periods of time and looking at the static center of pressure (COP) change; few focuses have been placed on the dynamic parameter changes during weight shifting.Purpose: To compare dynamic balancing abilities between young and elderly adults in terms of LOS and COP parameters.Methods: A total of 24 subjects were recruited who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There were 10 subjects in the young adult group whose ages ranged between 18-30 years old. The remaining 14 subjects were in the elderly adult group, with ages over 65 years old. A forced plate system was then used to assess the dynamic balance abilities between the two groups. A Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test was used to compare the differences between the two groups in terms of COP parameters. The statistical difference was p＜0.05.Results: In terms of all dynamic balance parameters, the young adult group was much better than the elderly adult group. (p＜0.009)Conclusion: The dynamic balance abilities of the young adult group are better than the elderly adult group in terms of movement speed, movement displacement, and movement area.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

215

Last Page

221

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