Relationships between Fluidity in the Sit-to-Walk Task and Age and Long-Term Care Insurance Certification

Abstract

[Purpose] This study clarified the relationships of aging and long-term care insurance certification (LTC) with fluidity in the sit-to-walk task. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 10 community-dwelling elderly individuals with LTC and 9 healthy elderly individuals. The gradients of the regression lines of the Fluidity Index (FI) and clinical measurements in which age was used as the independent variable were compared between the two groups. [Results] Only the gradient of the FI regression line was significantly different between the two groups. [Conclusion] The results showed that FI was more susceptible to aging, impairment and disability than standard clinical measurements.