Table 1. Patient characteristics for fallers and non-fallers (mean ± SD).
| Variable | Fallers (n = 25) | Non-fallers (n = 36) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |||||||
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 27.7 | ± | 4.2 | 26.0 | ± | 3.5 | |
| Handgripa (Newton) | 23.7 | ± | 8.0 | 27.2 | ± | 8.8* | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Indexb | 1.6 | ± | 1.4 | 1.3 | ± | 1.2 | |
| Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam fall risk profiled | 8.0 | ± | 1.2 | 2.4 | ± | 0.4* | |
| Cobb Anglec (degrees) | 52.0 | ± | 14.5 | 50.0 | ± | 12.7 | |
| Fall Risk Increasing Drugsb (number) | 1.3 | ± | 1.2 | 1.3 | ± | 1.4 | |
| Cognition | Scale | ||||||
| Mini Mental State Examinationa | 23.1 | ± | 4.8 | 23.8 | ± | 3.7 | 0–30 |
| Benton’s Temporal Orientation testb | 19.2 | ± | 6.4 | 10.0 | ± | 3.3 | 0–113 |
| Enhanced Cued Recall testa | 11.7 | ± | 4.1 | 10.4 | ± | 5.0 | 0–16 |
| Clock Drawing testa | 10.1 | ± | 2.5 | 10.6 | ± | 2.5 | 0–14 |
| Verbal Fluency testa | 13.3 | ± | 1.5 | 14.1 | ± | 0.9 | 0–40 |
* p < 0.05.
a A higher score indicates better performance.
b A higher score indicates worse performance.
c Values above >50 affect postural control.
d A score of ≥ 8 points indicates an increased risk for recurrent falling.