Performance-based balance tests, combined with the number of falls recalled in the past year, predicts the incidence of future falls in established unilateral transtibial prosthesis users.
Andrew SawersBrian J HafnerPublished in: PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation (2021)
No combination of performance-based balance tests alone predicted the incidence of future falls in our sample of established, unilateral TTPU. Rather, a combination of the number of falls recalled over the past 12 months, along with TUG and FSST times, but not NBWT scores, was required to predict the number of "all-cause" falls over the next 6 months. The resulting predictive model may serve as a suitable method for clinicians to predict the incidence of falls in established, unilateral TTPU.