Aging; evaluation; muscle function; remote condition; validity; Aged; Communicable Disease Control; Humans; Internet; Physical Functional Performance; Postural Balance; Reproducibility of Results; SARS-CoV-2; Videoconferencing; COVID-19; Pandemics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics; Geriatrics and Gerontology
Abstract :
[en] During the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face assessments were limited. Fortunately, older adults have access to web-technology (60%). Thus, we aimed to explore if assessing physical performance remotely is as reliable and valid as in person. At the end of the first lockdown, 15 older adults agreed to perform two similar evaluations in remote and face-to-face conditions. Functional capacities [5-repetitions Sit-to-Stand (STS); unipodal balance, 4-m walking speed (normal (NWS); fast (FWS)), 3-m Timed-Up and Go (normal (nTUG); fast (fTUG))] and muscle power and endurance were assessed. Fast walking speed was moderately reliable. Unipodal balance, NWS and nTUG were highly reliable (ICC>0.7). fTUG, STS, muscle endurance and power were extremely reliable (ICC>0.9). For absolute reliability, SEM varied from 15.54 to 5.14%. Finally, the MDC varied from 43.07 to 14.21%. Assessing functional capacities and muscle function remotely is as reliable and valid as a face-to-face assessment and should be considered as a clinical practice.
Disciplines :
Geriatrics
Author, co-author :
Peyrusqué, E; Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre, PhD, Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Pavillon des sciences biologiques, 141 avenue Président-Kennedy, SB-4615, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8. Email: aubertin-leheudre.mylene@uqam.ca
Granet, J; Département des sciences de l’activité physique, Faculté des sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Pavillon des sciences biologiques, Montréal, Canada ; Centre de Recherche de l’institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), Montréal, Canada
Pageaux, B; Centre de Recherche de l’institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), Montréal, Canada ; Université de Montréal, École de kinésiologie et des sciences de l’activité physique (EKSAP), Faculté de médecinee, Montréal, Canada
Buckinx, Fanny ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unité de recherche Santé publique, épidémiologie et économie de la santé (URSAPES) ; Département des sciences de l’activité physique, Faculté des sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Pavillon des sciences biologiques, Montréal, Canada ; Centre de Recherche de l’institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), Montréal, Canada
Aubertin-Leheudre, Mylène; Département des sciences de l’activité physique, Faculté des sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Pavillon des sciences biologiques, Montréal, Canada ; Centre de Recherche de l’institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), Montréal, Canada
Language :
English
Title :
Assessing Physical Performance in Older Adults during Isolation or Lockdown Periods: Web-Based Video Conferencing as a Solution.
Conflict of interests: The authors declared to have no conflict of interest. The authors would like to thank all the participants and the research assistants. MAL is supported by FRQS chercheur boursier senior. FB is supported by FRQS postdocotoral scholarship.
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