The 30 second Chair Stand Test measures lower body strength and endurance. It involves having a person rise from a seated position to a full standing position as many times as possible within 30 seconds. Scores are compared to norms based on age and gender. The test is commonly used to assess functional ability in community-dwelling older adults ages 60-95.
The 30 second Chair Stand Test measures lower body strength and endurance. It involves having a person rise from a seated position to a full standing position as many times as possible within 30 seconds. Scores are compared to norms based on age and gender. The test is commonly used to assess functional ability in community-dwelling older adults ages 60-95.
The 30 second Chair Stand Test measures lower body strength and endurance. It involves having a person rise from a seated position to a full standing position as many times as possible within 30 seconds. Scores are compared to norms based on age and gender. The test is commonly used to assess functional ability in community-dwelling older adults ages 60-95.
Chair height: 17 (43 cm), placed against wall or sta!ilit" #tarting position: sitting in the middle o the chair, !ack straight, arms crossed o$er chest, eet %at on %oor& 1& 'ake resting $ital signs& (& )emonstrate the mo$ement, *rst slowl", then +,ickl"& 3& -a$e the patient.client practice one or two repetitions to ens,re proper orm, and ade+,ate !alance 4& /n the signal 0go the patient.client rises to a ,ll stand, then ret,rns to a ,ll" seated position, as man" times as possi!le in 31 seconds& 2& 3 a person is more than hal wa" ,p at the end o the 31 seconds, co,nt it as a ,ll stand& 4& /ne trial& 7& 'ake post e5ercise $ital signs& 6& )oc,ment an" modi*cations (chair height, assistance needed) Range of scores between the 25% and 75% percentiles Age Number of stands Women Number of stands Men 60 - 64 12 - 17 14 - 19 65 - 79 11 - 16 12 - 18 70 - 74 10 -15 12 - 17 75 - 79 10 - 15 11 - 17 80 - 84 9 - 14 10 - 15 85 - 90 8 - 13 8 - 14 90 - 95 4 - 11 7 - 12 #cores less than 6 (,nassisted) stands were associated with lower le$els o ,nctional a!ilit" 7op,lation: comm,nit" residing older ad,lts ages 41894 n 9 7,163 2,146 women, (,132 men "ears ed,cation: 14&2 chronic conditions: 1&7 medications: 1&4 perormed moderate e5ercise :3 times.week: 42; <5cl,sion criteria: ad$ised not to e5ercise !" ph"sician C-=, >oint pain, chest pain, di??iness, angina d,ring e5ercise @7 : 141.111 Rikli RE, Jones CJ (1999). Functional fitness normative scores for community residing older adults ages 6!9". Journal of #ging and $%ysical #ctivity, &, 16!1&9.