• Dr Md. Anamul Haque
• Dr Tabassum Saher
• Dr Joginder Yadav

Abstract Background: Balance is an integral component to most activities of daily living. Increased age is associated with a decline in the speed of information transmission and changes in the mode of information processing in the brain, which lead to balance and postural disorders. Ischemic, degenerative and traumatic lesions of the cerebral trunk, the white matter, the frontal lobes, the gray matter and the cerebellum could induce Backward Disequilibrium (BD) in elderly subjects. This study is set out to assess the backward disequilibrium as a tool of testing. There is no component assessing for BD in frequent assessing the balance test. So, purpose of the present study is to find out the association between Backward Tandem walk test (BTWT) and Time up and Go test (TUG). Methodology: This was a Cross-sectional study which was conducted from February 2017 to February 2018 with a convenient sample size of 50 normal healthy community dwelling elderly (both males and female). The subjects were tested on Time up and Go Test (TUG) and Backward Tandem walk test (BTWT) in randomized order. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 21.00 software and statistical test used was Pearson’s correlation coefficient test (r) to find the correlation of BTWT with TUG and significance was set at p<0.05 during the study. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 71.62 ± 5.39 years. All the descriptive data was found to be non significant at baseline. The findings of the statistical analysis revealed that there is a strong correlation between the BTWT and TUG test. Conclusion: Backward falls are neglected area in elderly population. In the present study BTWT is being used to asses BD and has been found to be moderately correlating with mobility measures i.e. TUG, so it can be added as a testing tool which is further can be used in future to assess BD

backward disequilibrium, Balance,

"A Study of Correlation between the Backward Tandem Walk Test with Balance and Functional Mobility in Elderly Population", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.930-937, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808889.pdf

"A Study of Correlation between the Backward Tandem Walk Test with Balance and Functional Mobility in Elderly Population", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp930-937, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808889.pdf