Conclusions The Timed Up- and -Go test measure appears not to be a useful measure of physical functioning for the driving outcomes included here .
The Rapid Pace Walk may be useful in studies of driving ability and exposure .
Background Improving physical functioning may be a future intervention to keep older adults driving safely longer as it can help maintain both physical and cognitive health longer .
This systematic review assesses the evidence on the association between three physical functioning measures : the Short Physical Performance Battery , the Timed Up- and -Go test , and the Rapid Pace Walk with driving outcomes in older adults .
Longitudinal predictors of driving cessation among older adults from the ACTIVE clinical trial.
We examined the physical , visual , health , and cognitive abilities of 1,656 older adults as prospect i ve predictors of self-reported driving cessation over a 5-year period . We examined the time to driving cessation across 5 years after we controlled for days driven per week at baseline and any cognitive intervention participation . Older age , congestive heart failure , and poorer physical performance ( according to the Turn 360 Test ) were statistically significant risk factors for driving cessation . Slower speed of processing ( according to the Digit Symbol Substitution and Useful Field of View tests ) was a significant risk factor even after we took baseline driving , age , health , vision , and physical performance into consideration . Implication s are that assessment s of cognitive speed of processing can provide valuable information about the subsequent risk of driving cessation
Conclusions The Timed Up- and -Go test measure appears not to be a useful measure of physical functioning for the driving outcomes included here .
The Rapid Pace Walk may be useful in studies of driving ability and exposure .
Background Improving physical functioning may be a future intervention to keep older adults driving safely longer as it can help maintain both physical and cognitive health longer .
This systematic review assesses the evidence on the association between three physical functioning measures : the Short Physical Performance Battery , the Timed Up- and -Go test , and the Rapid Pace Walk with driving outcomes in older adults .