Publications by authors named "Roberta de Matos Brunelli Braghin"
Background: A core component of older adult health care assessment includes identifying fall risk, which also includes identifying those with subtle balance deficits.
Objective: To compare body displacement of the Center of Pressure (CoP) and time held during the balance test. Also, to examine whether balance tests at baseline can predict falls after 6 months.
Diagnostic accuracy of the five times stand-to-sit test for the screening of global muscle weakness in community-dwelling older women.
Exp Gerontol
January 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effectiveness of the 5 times stand-to-sit test (5TSST) in evaluating overall muscle strength in independent older women, beyond just quadriceps strength.
- In the research, 119 participants performed the 5TSST alongside isometric strength tests for various muscle groups, with the 5TSST's performance measured using a ROC curve.
- Results indicated that the 5TSST can moderately predict reduced global muscle strength, with the best accuracy at a score of 11.64 seconds, making it a valuable tool for screening muscle weakness in older women.
Objectives: To determine the accuracy of the 5-time stand-to-sit (5TSTS) test for the identification of older adults with reduced gait speed.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting And Participants: A total of 559 community-dwelling older adults were included in the study, divided into groups of women (n = 465) and men (n = 94).
Risk factors for future falls among community-dwelling older adults without a fall in the previous year: A prospective one-year longitudinal study.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr
June 2020
Introduction: One of the main risk factor for falls is a history of falls itself. Henceforth, preventing a fall is an important strategy for the prevention of new ones. The objective of the present study was to determine whether personal self-perception questions and functional tests might represent risk factors for a fall during the year following a year without any falls among independent community-dwelling older adults, considering a period of 12 prospective months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of low-level laser therapy and physical exercise on pain, stiffness, function, and spatiotemporal gait variables in subjects with bilateral knee osteoarthritis: a blind randomized clinical trial.
Disabil Rehabil
December 2019
To evaluate the effects of individual and combination therapies (low-level laser therapy and physical exercises) on pain, stiffness, function, and spatiotemporal gait variables in subjects with bilateral knee osteoarthritis (OA). Subjects with knee OA (Grades 1-3) were evaluated and randomized into four groups: Control Group (CG), untreated; Laser Group (LG), treated with laser at 808 nm, 5.6 J; Exercise Group (EG), treated with exercise; and Laser + Exercise Group (LEG), treated with laser and exercises.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess balance and function of symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and investigate the influence of physical exercise.
Design: Subjects were divided into three groups: Group 1 (n = 15), symptomatic knee OA; Group 2 (n = 11), asymptomatic knee OA; and Group 3 (n = 16), knee OA and no intervention. History of falls, the WOMAC questionnaire, balance and functionality were assessed.