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    Factors associated with functional balance and mobility among elderly diabetic outpatients
    (Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, 2009-10-01) Cordeiro, Renata Cereda [UNIFESP]; Jardim, José Roberto [UNIFESP]; Perracini, Monica Rodrigues; Ramos, Luiz Roberto [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Universidade Cidade de São Paulo
    OBJECTIVES: To characterize balance and mobility among diabetic elderly outpatients and to estimate the extent to which functional balance and mobility abnormalities can be influenced by sociodemographic, clinical and other functional factors in a cross-sectional study. METHODS: Ninety-one elderly (65+ years) outpatients were assessed. Mobility was evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) and the balance, by the Berg Balance Scale (BS). RESULTS: TUGT mean score was 15.65 ± 5.9 seconds and BS mean score was 49.31 ± 7.3 points. Using linear regression analysis (α < 0.05), significant and independent positive relationships were obtained between TUGT and age, daily activities (ADL/IADL), step strategy, and proprioceptive sensitivity. Factors negatively associated with BS were: ADL/IADL, step strategy, proprioceptive sensitivity, orthostatic hypotension (OH) and conflictive sensory conditions. CONCLUSION: Elderly diabetic outpatients show abnormal balance and mobility related mainly to advanced age, disability, absence of step strategy, absence of proprioceptive sensitivity and presence of OH.
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    Systemic effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young-old adults' life-space mobility
    (Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2017) Fontenele Garcia, Isabel Fialho; Tiuganji, Carina Tiemi; Morais Pereira Simoes, Maria do Socorro; Santoro, Ilka Lopes[UNIFEP]; Lunardi, Adriana Claudia
    Purpose: The objective was to assess whether dyspnea, peripheral muscle strength and the level of physical activity are correlated with life-space mobility of older adults with COPD. Patients and methods: Sixty patients over 60 years of age (40 in the COPD group and 20 in the control group) were included. All patients were evaluated for lung function (spirometry), life-space mobility (University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment), dyspnea severity (Modified Dyspnea Index), peripheral muscle strength (handgrip dynamometer), level of physical activity and number of daily steps (accelerometry). Groups were compared using unpaired t-test. Pearson's correlation was used to test the association between variables. Results: Life-space mobility (60.41 +/- 16.93 vs 71.07 +/- 16.28 points), dyspnea (8 [7-9] vs 11 [10-11] points), peripheral muscle strength (75.16 +/- 14.89 vs 75.50 +/- 15.13 mmHg), number of daily steps (4,865.4 +/- 2,193.3 vs 6,146.8 +/- 2,376.4 steps), and time spent in moderate to vigorous activity (197.27 +/- 146.47 vs 280.05 +/- 168.95 minutes) were lower among COPD group compared to control group (p<0.05). The difference was associated with the lower mobility of COPD group in the neighborhood. Conclusion: Life-space mobility is decreased in young-old adults with COPD, especially at the neighborhood level. This impairment is associated to higher dyspnea, peripheral muscle weakness and the reduced level of physical activity.