Utility of Timed up and Go in Outpatient Cardiology Clinics

Abstract

Purpose The aim of the study was to examine if the Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test would be a feasible, reproducible, and valid measure in patients post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Design Cross-sectional study, controls and patients post-CABG, outpatient clinic. Methods Participants performed the TUG Test and the 6-Minute Walking Distance (6MWD) Test. Reliability was measured within observer on two occasions. Findings Patients and controls were similar in age. The patients had greater TUG mean (SD) of 14.4 seconds (4.9 seconds) and lower 6MWD of 358 m (76 m) compared with TUG of 8.2 seconds (2.7 seconds) and 6MWD of 487 m (56 m) in controls. In patients, intraclass correlation for the TUG was.98 (95% CI [.96,.98]) between the measurements. In patients, there was a high correlation between the TUG Test and the 6MWD Test, r = -.70, p