2020 Volume 35 Issue 3 Pages 443-447
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Functional Assessment for Control of Trunk (FACT) and physical function in community-dwelling elderly using the long-term care insurance service. [Participants and Methods] The subjects were 126 persons (72 male, 54 female, average age 77.3 ± 8.6 years). They were examined for FACT, grip strength, maximum walking speed, Timed Up and Go test (TUG), chair stand test for 30 seconds (CS30), one-leg standing time, and movement independence, and the correlations between FACT and physical functions were investigated. [Results] FACT moderately correlated with maximum walking speed, TUG, CS30, one-leg standing time, and movement independence. [Conclusion] FACT is related to balance ability, lower limb muscle strength, and maximum walking speed in community-dwelling elderly using the long-term care insurance service, and is possibly an index of movement independence.
