Relationship Between Pain Threshold and Physical Fitness Tests with Frailty Index in the middle age and elderly people of North Khorasan: a descriptive study.

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1 Department of Exercise Physiology, Bojnourd University

2 Department of Motor Behavior - Motor Control, Bojnourd University

3 Physical Education and Health Teacher, Mazandaran Province, Amol County

4 Faculty Member and the director of international office/ Sport sciences research institute of Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Aging is a sensitive period of human life and paying attention to the issues and needs of this period is considered a social necessity. The aim was to determine the relationship between pain threshold and physical fitness tests with the frailty index in the middle age and elderly people of North Khorasan in 2021.
Materials and Methods: The present research was a descriptive study. The statistical population of the present study included all the middle age and elderly people in North Khorasan, 50 of whom were purposefully selected and included in the study. In order to collect data, personal information questionnaires and frailty index and tests of pain tolerance threshold and physical fitness were used.
Results: The results of Spearman correlation test showed that the frailty index was positively and significantly related to the variables of 10 m gait and dynamic balance (P <0.05) and also with the variables of grip strength, 30 seconds of getting up from a chair and static balance. It has a negative and significant relationship (P <0.05) and has no significant relationship with other variables.
Conclusion: The results of the research showed that physical fitness is related to the physical fitness of the middle age and elderly people. But there is no significant relationship between pain threshold and fatigue index in the middle age and elderly people. Therefore, the present results can be used to design rehabilitation programs for the middle age and elderly people to improve their quality of life.

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Sport Science and Battle Ability
Volume 4, Issue 6
January 2025

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  • Receive Date: 16 February 2026
  • Accept Date: 19 February 2026

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