Cross-sectional relationship between physical fitness components and functional performance in older persons living in long-term care facilities

Table 5 Contribution of the individual fitness tests to the functional performance tests and the total Functional Performance Score (FPS) (all analyses adjusted for body weight).

	β†	percentage explained	F-value		β†	percentage explained	F-value
men				women
FPS		54.2%	24.71*	FPS		36.6%	25.70*
eye-hand coordination	.626*			reaction time	.247*
tandem stance	-.268*			tandem stance	-.326*
				sit and reach	-.277*
				knee extension strength	-.161*
chair rise performance		34.2%	21.76*	chair rise performance		24.3%	27.23*
eye-hand coordination	.598*			sit and reach	-.253*
				tandem stance	-.214*
pick up a pen		21.5%	11.92*	pick up a pen		30.9%	77.40*
eye-hand coordination	.484*			reaction time	.559*
put on a coat		46.2%	12.43*	put on a coat		18.6%	20.52*
eye-hand coordination	.721*			shoulder circumduction	-.322*
reaction time	-.436*			eye-hand coordination	.241*
elbow extension strength	-.316*
walking velocity		44.4%	11.67*	walking velocity		33.9%	30.20*
dorsiflexion	.314*			tandem stance	.432*
strength ankle tandem stance	.313*			sit and reach	.290*
eye-hand coordination	-.268*			knee extension strength	.193*

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