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Table 3 Functional assessment tests

From: Effectiveness of a multicomponent exercise program in the attenuation of frailty in long-term nursing home residents: study protocol for a randomized clinical controlled trial

Test (Reference)

Functions/Parameters

Description

Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) [58]

Lower extremity function: static balance, gait speed and getting in and out of a chair

Side-by-side, semi-tandem and tandem stands (10 s); 4 meters walk test at comfortable speed and 5 quickly sit to stand from a chair without upper extremity assistance

Senior Fitness Test [66]

Upper and lower extremity strength and flexibility, static and dynamic balance and aerobic capacity

Chair-stands in 30 s; 6-min walking test; arm curl test (30 s); chair sit and reach; back scratch and 8 foot up and go test

Instrumented Timed Up and Go test (BTS Biomedical G-WALK) [67]

Dynamic balance

Get up from a chair, walk 3 meters at a normal pace, turn and walk back to sit down again

Instrumented walking speed (BTS Biomedical G-WALK) [68]

Standard gait parameters: speed, step frequency, cadence

Walk for 4 and 10 meters at comfortable and fast speed

Bilateral handgrip strength test (Jamar dynamometer) [69]

Hand grip strength

Squeez the dynamometer with maximum isometric effort for about 5 s

Berg balance test [70]

Postural stability

Performance of 14 functional tasks

Stabilometry (Biodex Balance System) [71]

Ability to control balance on an oscillatory platform

Two-legged stance counterbalancing of an standardized oscillatory platform displacements

Accelerometry (Actigraph GT3X model (Actigraph LLC, Pensacola, FL, USA) [72]

Active and sedentary periods during everyday life

7 days period quantification of the number of steps performed per day and minutes completed at light, moderate or vigorous intensity