title: [Timed up and go right and left unipodal stance results in Chilean older people with different degrees of disability].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Preventive Health Examination of older people in Chile incorporates the timed up and go (TUG) and right and left unipodal stance test (RUPS and LUPS) as functional assessment methods.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess if TUG and LUPS discriminate older people with different degrees of disability.
  
  
  METHODS
  TUG, RUPS and LUPS were assessed in 860 participants aged 71.3 ± 6.9 years (591 females) attending a primary health care clinic. The results of the three tests were expressed in seconds. Participants were classified as non-disabled without any risk, non-disabled with risk and in risk of dependence, using the Functional Assessment of Older People of EFAM (the Spanish acronym), previously validated for Chilean older people.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all participants TUG, LUPS and RUPS values were 8.9 ± 3.6, 10 ± 10.6 and 9.7 ± 10.3 seconds (sec) respectively. Among non-disabled participants without risk, the values for TUG, RUPS and LUPS were: 7.9 ± 2.3, 12.7 ± 11.1 and 12.2 ± 10.9 sec respectively. The figures for non-disabled participants with risk were 8.4 ± 2.6, 8.8 ± 9.8 and 8.9 ± 9.8 sec respectively. The figures for participants in risk of dependence were 11.7 ± 5.3, 5.1 ± 7.8 and 4.5 ± 7.1 sec, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this group of older participants there is an association between the degree of disability and the results of TUG, RUPS and LUPS.
authors: Eladio
authors: E
authors: Mancilla S
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Valenzuela H
authors: Máximo
authors: M
authors: Escobar C
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002677:Chile; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors