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. 2021 Jul 24;9(8):933.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9080933.

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Relationship of Timed Up & Go Test with Physical Characteristics and Physical Activity in Healthy Japanese: The Toon Health Study

Yuichi Uesugi  1 , Koutatsu Maruyama  2 , Isao Saito  3 , Kiyohide Tomooka  4 , Yasunori Takata  5 , Ryoichi Kawamura  5 , Haruhiko Osawa  5 , Takeshi Tanigawa  4 , Yoshihiko Naito  1
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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Relationship of Timed Up & Go Test with Physical Characteristics and Physical Activity in Healthy Japanese: The Toon Health Study

Yuichi Uesugi et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

This study evaluated the Timed Up & Go test (TUG) among healthy Japanese individuals without walking problems to clarify the relationship of TUG performance with physical characteristics and physical activity according to sex and age groups. In total, 797 men and women (30-84 years old) in Toon City, Ehime Prefecture, were assessed from 2016 to 2017. The survey data for physical characteristics, TUG performance, and physical activity measures were used. After adjusting for age according to TUG time and categorization into sex and age groups (30-64 and 65-84 years), the relationship of TUG performance with physical characteristics and physical activities was confirmed using multiple regression analysis. In men, TUG performance was associated with work and household chores in the 30-64-year age group, whereas it was only associated with skeletal muscle mass among those older than 65 years. In women, TUG performance was associated with height and amount of exercise, regardless of age. In conclusion, TUG performance may be maintained by increasing the amount of physical activity for men through work and housework, and increasing the amount of exercise for women, which may prevent the need for long-term care in the future.

Keywords: Japan; amount of exercise; frail; motor function; physical function; sarcopenia; walking speed.

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