Relationship between Functional Fitness and Break Response in Elderly Drivers: Comparison with Young Driver
- Authors
- 김가은; 최예은; 양수성; 김선아; 배영숙
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Publisher
- 대한물리치료학회
- Keywords
- Break reaction; Drive; Elderly; Functional fitness
- Citation
- 대한물리치료학회지, v.30, no.5, pp.187 - 192
- Journal Title
- 대한물리치료학회지
- Volume
- 30
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 187
- End Page
- 192
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/4707
- DOI
- 10.18857/jkpt.2018.30.5.187
- ISSN
- 1229-0475
- Abstract
- Purpose: This study compared the functional fitness and brake response of elderly and young drivers to confirm the correlation between the functional fitness and brake response.
Methods: This study was a cross sectional observational design. Older drivers (>65age, n=21) and young adult drivers (20-40aged, n=20) were enrolled as subjects. The functional fitness of the subjects was measured using a senior fitness test consisting of a back scratch (BS), chair sit and reach (CSR), arm curl (AC), chair stand up (CSU), foot up and go (8-FUG), and 2-minute step (2-MS). The brake response used the virtual driving simulator to measure the brake reaction time (BRT) and braking distance (BD) according to the pedestrian protection and traffic signal compliance.
Results: The older drivers had a lower BS (p<0.000), CSU (p=0.040), and 8-FUG (p=0.011) than the young adult drivers. BS and 8-FUG showed a significant positive correlation with the BRT and BD of pedestrian protection and traffic signal compliance. CSU showed a significant negative correlation with the BRT of pedestrian protection and traffic signal compliance.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that the flexibility of the upper extremity, lower extremity strength, and agility are strongly correlated with the driving performance of elderly drivers.
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