Factors associating with shuttle walking test results in community-dwelling elderly people

Background The shuttle walking test (SWT) is a simple, widely used method for assessing endurance performance in the elderly. Despite widespread community use, its associated factors are unclear. Aims We aim to identify previously undefined SWT association factors in community-dwelling elderly peopl...

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Published in:Aging clinical and experimental research 2015-12, Vol.27 (6), p.829-834
Main Authors: Adachi, Daiki, Nishiguchi, Shu, Fukutani, Naoto, Kayama, Hiroki, Tanigawa, Takanori, Yukutake, Taiki, Hotta, Takayuki, Tashiro, Yuto, Morino, Saori, Yamada, Minoru, Aoyama, Tomoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging - physiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise Test - methods
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology
Geriatric Assessment - methods
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Hand Strength - physiology
Humans
Independent Living - statistics & numerical data
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Older people
Original Article
Physical Endurance - physiology
Physical Fitness - physiology
Walking - physiology
Women
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Summary:Background The shuttle walking test (SWT) is a simple, widely used method for assessing endurance performance in the elderly. Despite widespread community use, its associated factors are unclear. Aims We aim to identify previously undefined SWT association factors in community-dwelling elderly people. Methods Herein, 149 healthy elderly Japanese subjects performed the SWT, and were assessed for height, weight, smoking history, 10-m walk time, Timed Up and Go (TUG) scores, handgrip strength, skeletal mass index (SMI), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ), cardio-ankle vascular index, and ankle brachial index. We divided men and women into higher and lower SWT score groups, compared between-group parameters, and performed stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify factors independently associated with SWT scores. Results Age, BMI, 10-m walk time, TUG score, SMI, FVC (L; %-predicted), and FEV 1 (L; %-predicted) were significantly different between SWT score groups for men, while in women, significant differences were observed in age, TUG score, handgrip strength, FVC (L; %-predicted), and FEV 1 (L; %-predicted) ( p  
ISSN:1720-8319
1594-0667
1720-8319
DOI:10.1007/s40520-015-0342-3