Tradução e validação do teste Timed Up and Go e sua correlação com diferentes alturas da cadeira

Ana Lúcia Lima Cabral

Objectives: To translate into Portuguese and to validate the Timed Up and Go test and to identify the effect of chair seat height on TUG test scores. Material and Methods: An experimental study was done using a sample of 76 elders over 60 years of age, men and women living in the community or in institutions. The following procedures were performed: a survey on social demographic and state of health self declared, application of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Barthel Index (BI), Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and assessment of gait speed, besides the TUG test translated into Portuguese. The translation and the validation were made as follow: translation into Portuguese, back translation into English, assessment of the translation by a committee of experts and a pilot study with test retest in standard chair height (46 cm). The TUG test was applied in different chair seat heights (40 cm, 80%, 100% and 115% of the subjects leg length). Results: The TUG test was translated and it wasnt necessary an adaptation to the Brazilian characteristics. An excellent intraclass correlation for intra and inter rater as observed as well as a strong correlation between TUG test, BI, BBS and gait speed. There is a strong evidence on the measures of standard TUG test (46 cm) and the subsequent measure (p <0,0001) and also a strong evidence that the chair seat height interferes in the TUG test scores (p <0,0001). Conclusion: the Brazilian version of the TUG test can be applied in the population and the chair seat height interferes strongly in the TUG test scores, considering that the lower seat height requires a longer time to be performed.

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