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Classifies TUG time against the standard fall-risk cut-offs (< 10 s normal; >= 13.5 s elevated community-dwelling fall risk, Shumway-Cook 2000; >= 30 s likely dependent, Podsiadlo & Richardson 1991), with an optional normative z-score.

Usage

scoreTUG(x, ref = NULL, covariates = list())

Arguments

x

A TUG time in seconds, or a PhysioMoCap itug_report (its total_duration is used).

ref, covariates

Optional normative reference / covariates for a z-score.

Value

A "performance_test_score" with time, category and fall_risk (logical, >= 13.5 s).

References

Podsiadlo & Richardson (1991); Shumway-Cook et al. (2000).

Examples

scoreTUG(15)   # >= 13.5 s -> elevated fall risk
#> <performance_test_score> TUG
#>   time               15
#>   category           elevated_fall_risk
#>   fall_risk          TRUE