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Richard W Bohannon1, Leslie I Wolfson2, William B White3
1Department of Physical Therapy, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Campbell University, Lillington, NC, USA.
Objectives:
To provide normative reference values for the standing functional reach test for older adults.
Design:
Observational study and meta-analysis of data from published studies.
Setting:
Clinical Research Center.
Participants:
Older adults: 199 hypertensive from INFINITY study and 7535 from consolidation of INFINITY and 20 other studies.
Main Outcome Measure:
Functional reach.
Results:
The mean (standard deviation) for functional reach for the hypertensive older adults was 27.5 (7.2) cm. For the consolidated sample of older adults, a random effects model determined a weighted mean (standard error) functional reach of 27.2 (0.9) cm with a 95% confidence interval of 25.5 to 28.9cm.
Conclusion:
Pending the availability of data from a large population-based study, the summary data presented herein can serve as a reasonable estimate of normal functional reach for older adults.
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