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Assessment of Risk of Falls in Elderly Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Low Back Pain

Polianna Delfino Pereira1, Rodrigo Miranda2, Marco Orsini3, Marco Antonio Araujo Leite4, Victor Hugo do Vale Bastos5 and Dionis Machado5
  • 1 School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto (USP), Brazil
  • 2 Federal University of the Valleys of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri (UFVJM), Brazil
  • 3 University Canter Augusto Motta (UNISUAM), Brazil
  • 4 Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil
  • 5 Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Brazil

Abstract

This study aimed identify which groups of elderly are at higher risk of falls, with osteoarthritis (OA), low back pain or both conditions. 29 elderly were distributed in three groups: OA of the Knee (OAK), Low Back Pain (LBP) and the two events concomitantly (OL). Evaluation tools applied were: Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Roland Morris Functional Performance Questionnaire, Gait Speed (GS), Timed Get Up and Go Test (TGUGT) and Berg Balance Scale (BBS). No differences were found in the three groups for assessment by GS, TGUGT and BBS instruments. A significative difference was found by RMQ in groups LPB and OL, WOMAC found difference in pain domain between groups OL and OAK and VAS analysis showed significative difference between group OL to the others groups. No significative difference was found between groups by the assessment of balance.

Current Research in Medicine
Volume 3 No. 2, 2012, 231-236

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/amjsp.2012.231.236

Submitted On: 26 March 2012 Published On: 30 August 2012

How to Cite: Pereira, P. D., Miranda, R., Orsini, M., Leite, M. A. A., Bastos, V. H. D. V. & Machado, D. (2012). Assessment of Risk of Falls in Elderly Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Low Back Pain. Current Research in Medicine, 3(2), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.3844/amjsp.2012.231.236

Open AccessCopyright: © 2012 Polianna Delfino Pereira, Rodrigo Miranda, Marco Orsini, Marco Antonio Araujo Leite, Victor Hugo do Vale Bastos and Dionis Machado. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Berg Balance Scale (BBS)
  • Gait Speed (GS)
  • Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
  • Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
  • Low Back Pain (LBP)