Assessing Timed Up and Go in Parkinson’s disease: Reliability and validity of Timed Up and Go Assessment of biomechanical strategies
Bruna Adriana da Silva, Christina D.C.M. Faria, Mariana Palla Santos, Alessandra Swarowsky
Brazilian Parkinson’s disease Rehabilitation Initiative (BPaRkI), Physical Therapy Postgraduate Program, Physical Therapy Department, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC, Florianópolis, Brasil
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2254
Lay Abstract
Mobility changes are an inevitable consequence of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Of the tests available, to evaluate compromised functional mobility in PD, the Timed “Up and Go” test (TUG) is one of the most used and highly recommended. However, the result is only the time to perform the test, limiting the physiotherapeutic diagnosis. A new evaluation was developed to improve the results provided by the TUG, as well as an evaluation of the strategies that limit the individual's mobility (Timed “Up and Go” Assessment of Biomechanical Strategies – TUG-ABS). We studied the feasibility of applying this new assessment in 50 patients with Parkinson's disease. As the conclusion, TUG-ABS was shown to be an evaluation feasible to identify the strategies used by individuals with PD while carrying out the TUG test, being useful to be applied in clinical practice and to improve the physiotherapeutic diagnosis.
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