Timed up and go test
The timed up and go test is a simple mobility test for assessing mobility or body balance and the resulting risk of falling, especially for aging people .
description
- Execution: The person sits on a chair with armrests. When asked, she should get up - without outside help - walk a distance of 3 m, turn around and sit down again. She may use aids such as a crutch.
- Question / measurement method: Measurement of the time required for the process.
- Interpretation: less than 10 seconds: unrestricted everyday mobility, 10 - 19 seconds: slight mobility impairment, i. d. Usually still without everyday relevance, 20-29 seconds: functionally relevant mobility impairment that needs clarification, 30 and more seconds: pronounced mobility impairment
- Time required: approx. 5 minutes
Advantages of the test method: easy to carry out, no tools required
See also
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- D. Podsiadlo, S. Richardson: The Timed "Up & Go": A test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly persons. In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 39 (2), 1991, pp. 142-148.