Saturday 12-06-14

The exercise that predicts your DEATH: Struggling with 'sitting-rising test' means you're 5 times more likely to die early

• Physicians in Brazil developed the test to measure flexibility quickly
• No equipment is needed to sit and stand without any support
• People can score a maximum of 10 points, with 1 point deducted for putting a hand or leg for stability, and half a point docked for wobbling 
• Patients who scored fewer than eight points, were twice as likely to die within the next six years, compared with people with more perfect scores
• Study claims that musculoskeletal fitness, as assessed by the simple test, can be used to predict death in 51–80-year-olds

By Sarah Griffiths for MailOnline

 

The simple exercise of sitting down and standing up again without holding onto anything, could suggest how long you have to live.

This is the belief of a group of physicians, who came up with the ‘sitting-rising test’ to measure their patients’ flexibility and strength.

They developed a scoring system for the test and found that people who scored three points or less out of 10, were more than five times as likely to die within six years, as those who scored more than eight points. 

 

 

The simple exercise of sitting down and standing up again without holding onto anything, could suggest how long you have to live. This diagram shows how to take the 'sitting rising test'

Claudio Gil Araujo, of Gama Filho University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was among the doctors who originally developed the sitting rising test (SRT) to quickly assess the flexibility of athletes, but he now uses it to persuade his patients that they need to stay active to maintain their muscle and balance, and live longer, Discover Magazine reported.  

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2858804/Can-exercise-test-predict-DEATH-People-struggle-sitting-rising-test-five-times-likely-die.html#ixzz3Ky3KdMRS

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