Risk of falling among elderly persons living in the community: assessment by the Timed up and go test.

Unlabelled: The risk of falling in elderly can be analyzed by a simple mobility test.

Objective: To assess the balance of elderly subjects through the 'Timed up and go' test.

Method: Subjects were timed for the moment they got up from a chair, walked for three meters, and came back to the chair.

Bedside assessment of swallowing in elderly subjects using psychotropic drugs.

Unlabelled: Neuroleptic drugs are used in several mental disorders, but are suspected of causing oropharyngeal dysphagia, mainly in the elderly.

Aim: To study the effect of neuroleptic agents on swallowing of institutionalized older people.

Material And Method: A cross sectional study of swallowing in 47 subjects that either used or did not use neuroleptic drugs.

Balance and plantar cutaneous sensitivity functional assessment in community-dwelling elderly.

Unlabelled: Impaired balance is one of several factors that increase an elderly's susceptibility to falls. Balance assessment can be performed using postural tests and plantar cutaneous sensitivity tests.

Aim: To assess balance disorders and loss of plantar cutaneous sensitivity in the elderly and look for association between these alterations.