PMID- 31570266
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210422
LR  - 20210422
IS  - 1809-9246 (Electronic)
IS  - 1413-3555 (Print)
IS  - 1413-3555 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Nov-Dec
TI  - Comparison of processing speed, balance, mobility and fear of falling between 
      hypertensive and normotensive individuals.
PG  - 503-511
LID - S1413-3555(19)30007-3 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.09.002 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HT) contributes substantially to poor physical 
      function, cognitive dysfunction, cardiovascular problems and to all-cause 
      mortality. Performance in activities requiring attention, speed and coordination 
      might also be affected in individuals with HT. OBJECTIVE: This study compared the 
      processing speed, static and dynamic balance, functional mobility and fear of 
      falling between individuals with hypertension (HT group) and normotensive 
      individuals (NT group). METHODS: One-hundred and twenty-eight individuals were 
      included: NT group (n = 64) and HT group (n = 64). The Choice Stepping Reaction 
      Time Test was used for the evaluation of processing speed, Single Leg Stance test 
      for static balance evaluation, "Y" Balance Test for dynamic balance evaluation, 
      Timed Up and Go test with single and dual tasking for the evaluation of 
      functional mobility and Falls Efficacy Scale for assessing fear of falling. 
      RESULTS: The processing speed of the HT group was slower than that of the NT 
      group; the total response time (RsT) in Stepping Reaction Test (SRT) (mean 
      difference [MD] = -0.2, 95% CI = -0.3, 0), and Stroop Test (ST) [ST-A (MD = -0.4, 
      95% CI = -0.5, -0.2), ST-B (MD = -0.5, 95% CI = -0.7, -0.2) and ST-C (MD = -0.6, 
      95% CI = -0.8, -0.3). Additionally, the static [single leg stance, eyes open, 
      right side (MD = 12.7, 95% CI = 6.3, 19.0) and left side (MD = 13.6, 95% 
      CI = 7.2, 19.9)] and dynamic balance [Y balance test, composite score, right 
      lower extremity (MD = 8.5, 95% CI = 4.4, 12.5) and left lower extremity 
      (MD = 5.2, 95% CI = 1.5, 8.8) scores of the HT group were lower than those of the 
      NT group. The HT group required a longer time to complete the functional mobility 
      test measured with Timed Up And Go Test during both single task (MD = -0.8, 95% 
      CI = -1.1, -0.4), cognitive dual task (MD = -1.5, 95% CI = -2.4, -0.5) and manual 
      dual task (MD = -0.9, 95% CI = -1.3, -0.4) in comparison to the NT group. Also, 
      the HT group had higher levels of fear of falling (MD = -7.6, 95% CI = -10.9, 
      -4.2). CONCLUSION: Hypertensive individuals present slower processing speed, 
      reduced static and dynamic balance, decreased functional mobility and higher fear 
      of falling in comparison to normotensive individuals.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduacao em 
      Fisioterapia. Publicado por Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ozaldemir, Isilay
AU  - Ozaldemir I
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, 
      Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Mersin, 10, Turkey.
FAU - Iyigun, Gozde
AU  - Iyigun G
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, 
      Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Mersin, 10, Turkey. Electronic 
      address: gozde.iyigun@emu.edu.tr.
FAU - Malkoc, Mehtap
AU  - Malkoc M
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, 
      Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Mersin, 10, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190923
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Braz J Phys Ther
JT  - Brazilian journal of physical therapy
JID - 101615124
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidental Falls
MH  - Cognitive Dysfunction
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Exercise Therapy
MH  - Fear
MH  - Gait/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*physiopathology
MH  - Physical Therapy Modalities
MH  - Postural Balance/*physiology
MH  - Time and Motion Studies
PMC - PMC7779963
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Blood pressure
OT  - Dual task
OT  - Falling
OT  - Reaction time
OT  - Rehabilitation
EDAT- 2019/10/02 06:00
MHDA- 2021/04/23 06:00
PMCR- 2019/09/23
CRDT- 2019/10/02 06:00
PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/03/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/09/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/04/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/09/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1413-3555(19)30007-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.09.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Braz J Phys Ther. 2020 Nov-Dec;24(6):503-511. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2019.09.002. 
      Epub 2019 Sep 23.