Conclusion The Timed Up and Go test has limited ability to predict  falls in community dwelling elderly and should not be used in isolation to identify individuals at high risk of falls in this setting
Background The Timed Up and Go test ( TUG ) is a commonly used screening tool to assist clinicians to identify patients at risk of falling .
The purpose of this systematic review and meta- analysis is to determine the overall predictive value of the TUG in community-dwelling older adults .
The reliability and predictive accuracy of the falls risk for older people in the community assessment (FROP-Com) tool.
BACKGROUND the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community assessment ( FROP-Com ) tool was design ed for use in targeted multi-factorial falls prevention programmes . It fills the gap between the short screening tools and the longer assessment tools , e.g. the physiological profile assessment ( PPA ) . The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and predictive accuracy of the FROP-Com . METHODS the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability studies were performed with 20 participants each . The prospect i ve study was performed with 344 community-dwelling older people presenting to an emergency department after a fall and being discharged directly home . Following a home-based assessment , including the FROP-Com , Timed Up and Go ( TUG ) and functional Reach ( FR )  , participants were monitored for falls for 12 months . RESULTS the intra-class correlation coefficient ( ICC ) for intra-rater reliability and inter-rater reliability for the FROP-Com was 0.93 ( 95 % CI 0.84 - 0.97 ) and 0.81 ( 95 % CI 0.59 - 0.92 ) respectively . The AUC for the  FROP-Com  was 0.68 ( 95 % CI 0.63 - 0.74 ) . At the cut-off 18/19 , sensitivity was 71.3 % ( 95 % CI 64.4 - 78.3 ) and specificity was 56.1 % ( 95 % CI 48.9 - 63.4 ) . The AUC for the TUG was 0.63 ( 95 % CI 0.57 - 0.69 ) and for the FR was 0.60 ( 95 % CI 0.54 - 0.66 ) . CONCLUSION the FROP-Com demonstrated good reliability and a moderate capacity to predict falls
Conclusion The Timed Up and Go test has limited ability to predict  falls in community dwelling elderly and should not be used in isolation to identify individuals at high risk of falls in this setting
Background The Timed Up and Go test ( TUG ) is a commonly used screening tool to assist clinicians to identify patients at risk of falling .
The purpose of this systematic review and meta- analysis is to determine the overall predictive value of the TUG in community-dwelling older adults .