Relationship between Pull Test and Falls in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Over Hoehn & Yahr Stage 3

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  • OKADA Yohei
    Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University
  • OKUBO Yu
    Department of Rehabilitation, Nara City Hospital
  • TAKATORI Katsuhiko
    Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University
  • IKUNO Koki
    Department of Rehabilitation, Nishiyamato Rehablitation Hospital
  • TOKUHISA Kentaro
    Department of Rehabilitation, Nishiyamato Rehablitation Hospital
  • NAGINO Koji
    Department of Rehabilitation, Nishiyamato Rehablitation Hospital
  • SHOMOTO Koji
    Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University

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  • Ｈｏｅｈｎ　＆　Ｙａｈｒ重症度分類３度以上のパーキンソン病患者におけるｐｕｌｌ　ｔｅｓｔと転倒との関係について
  • Hoehn Yahr ジュウショウド ブンルイ 3ド イジョウ ノ パーキンソンビョウ カンジャ ニ オケル pull test ト テントウ ト ノ カンケイ ニ ツイテ

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[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pull test and falls in the previous year in patients with Parkinson's disease over Hoehn & Yahr Stage three. [Subjects] The participants were 24 patients with Parkinson's disease over Hoehn & Yahr stage 3. [Methods] We investigated the relationship between pull test and falls, and determined the optimal cutoff point for prediction of people at high risk of fall from the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. [Results] The distribution of the pull test was significantly different between fallers and non-fallers. Using a cutoff score of 1, the pull test showed high sensitivity and specificity for identifying fallers (sensitivity: 94.7%, specificity: 60.0%). [Conclusions] We suggest that the pull test with a cutoff score of 1 might be a useful tool for distinguishing people at high risk of fall in the patients with Parkinson's disease over Hoehn & Yahr Stage 3.<br>

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  • Rigakuryoho Kagaku

    Rigakuryoho Kagaku 24 (1), 49-52, 2009

    The Society of Physical Therapy Science

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