Sitting-rising test
Lower scores went with higher death rates over six years in adults 51 to 80.
How to do it
Do this on a carpet or mat with nothing hard nearby, and skip it if you have hip, knee or back pain or have been told not to get down to the floor.
- Stand barefoot or in socks, in comfortable clothes.
- Without leaning on anything, lower yourself to sit on the floor. Crossing your legs is fine.
- Then stand back up, again without support if you can.
- Count every time you used a hand, forearm, knee or the side of your leg on the floor, or a hand on your knee or thigh. Note any clear wobble.
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What the research found
Each point higher on the 10-point score went with a 21% better chance of survival over a median of 6.3 years. Compared with scores of 8 to 10, people scoring 0 to 3 had about 5.4 times the risk of dying, 3.5 to 5.5 about 3.4 times, and 6 to 7.5 about 1.8 times, after allowing for age, sex and body mass index.
Studied in: 2,002 adults aged 51 to 80 at an exercise clinic in Brazil.
- Brito LB et al. Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014;21(7):892-8. PubMed