title: [Normal data of functional assessment tools of the elderly in Spain: the FRADEA study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the normal values of some of the functional assessment tools most used in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study of the first cut of a concurrent population based cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  Albacete city Health Area.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 993 subjects aged 70 years or over and participants in the FRADEA (Frailty and dependence in Albacete, Spain) cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analysis was made of disability and function questionnaires, which included, Barthel, Lawton and Short Form of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument (SF-LLFDI), Holden's Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), and functional tests: walking speed (m/s), Timed Up and Go (TUG) (sec), one-leg balance time (sec), timed 5 Times Sit to Stand Test (5STS) (seg), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), grip strength (kg), and elbow flexion strength (kg). The means, quartiles and percentiles are described, in the global cohort and in the male and female sub-groups aged between 70 and 79 years or aged 80 years or over.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quartiles of the different instruments were as follow: Barthel (80, 95, 100), Lawton (3, 6,8), SF-LLFDI (70, 111, 131), FAC (4, 5, 5), walking speed (0.51, 0.79, 1.00), TUG (13.8, 11.4, 9.8), one-leg balance time (3, 7, 15), 5STS (16.3, 13.0, 10.7), SPPB (7, 9, 11), grip strength (15, 20, 29), and elbow flexion strength (11, 20, 32). The younger ones, males and those living within the community showed a better performance in all the instruments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The normal values of a cohort of the elderly population based in Albacete using different functional assessment instruments are presented. These could be useful in clinical practice or research.
authors: Sección de Geriatría, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, España. pabizanda@sescam.jccm.es
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Abizanda Soler
authors: Jesús
authors: J
authors: López-Torres Hidalgo
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Romero Rizos
authors: Pedro Manuel
authors: PM
authors: Sánchez Jurado
authors: Inmaculada
authors: I
authors: García Nogueras
authors: José Luis
authors: JL
authors: Esquinas Requena
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013030:Spain