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 .
[Prediction of falls with performance on Timed "Up-and-Go" and one-leg-balance tests and additional cognitive tasks].
OBJECTIVE This study aim ed to determine whether ordinary clinical performance on the timed " up- and -go " and one-leg-balance tests varied with additional cognitive tasks and the predictive value of this combination for future falls . METHODOLOGY The sample comprised 95 women with osteoporosis who lived independently in the community and were older than 70 years ( mean 73.4+/-1.7 years ) who were r and omized to perform the timed " up- and -go " ( TUG ) and one-leg-balance ( OLB ) tests . The tests were performed with or without an additional cognitive task ( math task involving subtraction by 2 s or 5 s or addition by 3 s ) . RESULTS For both TUG and OLB , performance decreased in the dual-task condition ( P<0.05 ) but did not differ in older women with and without a history of falling , whatever the test , and with or without an additional cognitive load . CONCLUSION Performance on the  TUG and OLB tests  was less efficient when patients simultaneously performed a cognitive task . Performance on these tests , without or with cognitive tasks , did not predict falls in a sample of women who lived independently
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 .