Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health
IntroductionDespite the growing concern regarding a potential increase in the number of older adults with frailty owing to an aging global population, the characteristics of bimanual coordination in such older adults remain unclear. This study aimed to compare bimanual coordinated movements among co...
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| author | Shoya Fujikawa Shoya Fujikawa Shin Murata Shin Murata Akio Goda Shun Sawai Shun Sawai Ryosuke Yamamoto Ryosuke Yamamoto Yusuke Shizuka Yusuke Shizuka Takayuki Maru Takayuki Maru Kotaro Nakagawa Kotaro Nakagawa Hideki Nakano Hideki Nakano |
| author_facet | Shoya Fujikawa Shoya Fujikawa Shin Murata Shin Murata Akio Goda Shun Sawai Shun Sawai Ryosuke Yamamoto Ryosuke Yamamoto Yusuke Shizuka Yusuke Shizuka Takayuki Maru Takayuki Maru Kotaro Nakagawa Kotaro Nakagawa Hideki Nakano Hideki Nakano |
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| description | IntroductionDespite the growing concern regarding a potential increase in the number of older adults with frailty owing to an aging global population, the characteristics of bimanual coordination in such older adults remain unclear. This study aimed to compare bimanual coordinated movements among community-dwelling older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health and identify the specific characteristics of these movements in older adults with frailty.MethodsParticipants were categorized into frail, pre-frail, and robust groups based on Kihon Checklist scores. They performed bimanual coordination tasks in-phase (tapping the thumb and index finger together as fast as possible) and anti-phase (alternating the movement between the left and right fingers), and the task parameters were compared among the groups.ResultsThe total travel distance during the anti-phase task in the frail group was significantly shorter than that in the robust group. However, all three groups showed lower finger dexterity during the anti-phase task than in the in-phase task and the left hand than in the right hand.ConclusionOlder adults with frailty exhibit less movement during bimanual coordination tasks than robust older adults, suggesting that such tasks may be useful tools for assessing frailty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-21bbfe5be12844ccaf432ad378bfa4be2025-08-20T02:03:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Aging2673-62172025-02-01610.3389/fragi.2025.15191291519129Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust healthShoya Fujikawa0Shoya Fujikawa1Shin Murata2Shin Murata3Akio Goda4Shun Sawai5Shun Sawai6Ryosuke Yamamoto7Ryosuke Yamamoto8Yusuke Shizuka9Yusuke Shizuka10Takayuki Maru11Takayuki Maru12Kotaro Nakagawa13Kotaro Nakagawa14Hideki Nakano15Hideki Nakano16Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Kyoto Kuno Hospital, Kyoto, JapanGraduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, JapanGraduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Kyoto Kuno Hospital, Kyoto, JapanGraduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Tesseikai Neurosurgical Hospital, Shijonawate, JapanGraduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Kyoto Kuno Hospital, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Junshinkai Kobe Hospital, Kobe, JapanDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Nagashima Neurosurgery Rehabilitation Clinic, Osaka, JapanGraduate School of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto, JapanIntroductionDespite the growing concern regarding a potential increase in the number of older adults with frailty owing to an aging global population, the characteristics of bimanual coordination in such older adults remain unclear. This study aimed to compare bimanual coordinated movements among community-dwelling older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health and identify the specific characteristics of these movements in older adults with frailty.MethodsParticipants were categorized into frail, pre-frail, and robust groups based on Kihon Checklist scores. They performed bimanual coordination tasks in-phase (tapping the thumb and index finger together as fast as possible) and anti-phase (alternating the movement between the left and right fingers), and the task parameters were compared among the groups.ResultsThe total travel distance during the anti-phase task in the frail group was significantly shorter than that in the robust group. However, all three groups showed lower finger dexterity during the anti-phase task than in the in-phase task and the left hand than in the right hand.ConclusionOlder adults with frailty exhibit less movement during bimanual coordination tasks than robust older adults, suggesting that such tasks may be useful tools for assessing frailty.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2025.1519129/fullbimanual coordinationfinger-tappingolder adultsfrailtypre-frailtyrobust health |
| spellingShingle | Shoya Fujikawa Shoya Fujikawa Shin Murata Shin Murata Akio Goda Shun Sawai Shun Sawai Ryosuke Yamamoto Ryosuke Yamamoto Yusuke Shizuka Yusuke Shizuka Takayuki Maru Takayuki Maru Kotaro Nakagawa Kotaro Nakagawa Hideki Nakano Hideki Nakano Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health Frontiers in Aging bimanual coordination finger-tapping older adults frailty pre-frailty robust health |
| title | Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health |
| title_full | Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health |
| title_short | Comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty, pre-frailty, and robust health |
| title_sort | comparison of characteristics of bimanual coordinated movements in older adults with frailty pre frailty and robust health |
| topic | bimanual coordination finger-tapping older adults frailty pre-frailty robust health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2025.1519129/full |
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