Elderly Mobility Assessment

Here is another illustration of mobility as a “vital sign” among elders.  Researchers at Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center have developed a video animation assessment tool that shows movements, like climbing stairs with a grocery bad in hand, and asks elders if they are able to do what they see.  After showing several situations, the four minute program calculates a movement score.  That number, then, can be a “yardstick” reflecting improvement or deterioration relative to” activity prescriptions.”  MORE including 2 videos on the site

Image Credit: Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center