Purpose:To compare and examine motor and cognitive functions
in people who require support, and in healthy elders. Method: The variables of age, BMI, educational background,
blood pressure, grip strength, knee extension, gait speed, MMSE, and subjective
health feeling for 36 rehabilitation users and 22 healthy elders were assessed. We compared
and examined motor and cognitive functions in rehabilitation users who need
support and healthy elders. Results: The percentage of MMSE scores with 27 points or higher and that of subjective health feeling with 3 points or
higher were significantly higher in
healthy elders than in rehabilitation users. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly higher in rehabilitation users than in
healthy elders. Gait speed and MMSE scores were significantly higher in healthy
elders than rehabilitation users. Conclusion: Gait speed could be used for physical fitness
in elders. Gait speed was the best physical fitness measurement for elders.
Gait speed of rehabilitation users was strongly related to MMSE scores.
Gait speed could be a determinant of MMSE scores.
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