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Dec 13, 2012 · Dr Araújo emphasised the great potential of the sitting-rising test among primary care physicians looking for a quick appraisal of musculo-skeletal fitness in clinical or industrial settings.
Dr. Claudio Gil Araujo, MD, PhD, a specialist in exercise and sports medicine, also works with cardiac patients at Clínica de Medicina do Exercício – Clinimex, in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, and...
Jun 24, 2020 · Claudio Gil Araújo, MD, creator of the Sitting-Rising Test, answers questions in this interview with George Harrop from SecondFifty.Blog. This simple assessment accurately predicts all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older adults. Dr. Araújo explains what your score means and how to improve your
Aug 29, 2020 · The SRT consists of an evaluation of the subject’s ability to sit and to rise from the floor. It should be administered on a non-slippery flat surface, in a space equal to or larger than 2 m × 2 m, and with the subject standing barefoot and wearing clothing that does not restrict his/her movements.
- Claudio Gil S Araújo, Claudia Lucia B Castro, João Felipe C Franca, Denise Sms Araújo
- 2020
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Funding
Following a trend for a longer life expectancy in populations around the world, there has been growing interest in strategies to preserve health-related quality of life and individual autonomy. Middle-aged subjects and those entering seniority represent a growing proportion of the world population,1 and these individuals are known to develop progre...
Participants
This retrospective single-centre cohort study comprised all evaluations carried out from 1997 to 2011 in a total of 2076 subjects aged between 51 and 80 years at the time of evaluation. Subjects that met any of the following criteria were excluded: (a) those regularly competing in sports events; (b) presenting with any relevant musculoskeletal limitations that could affect SRT; and (c) refusal in performing the SRT. A final sample comprising 2002 individuals (1356 men; 67.7%) who were followe...
Sitting-rising test
The SRT assesses components of musculoskeletal fitness through evaluation of the subject’s ability to sit and rise from the floor, assigning a partial score for each of the two required actions.17SRT was administered on a non-slippery flat surface, in minimal space of 2 × 2 m, with the subject standing barefoot and wearing clothing that did not restrict body movements. Before the SRT, the evaluator instructed: ‘Without worrying about the speed of movement, try to sit and then to rise from the...
Statistical analysis
Results were separated and ranked by four categories according to SRT score as follows: C1, 0–3; C2, 3.5–5.5; C3, 6–7.5; and C4, 8–10. In order to establish the cutoffs to be used in SRT, log rank test and ROC curves were applied; however, we felt that minor adjustments in these cutoff values would be more logical and practical in clinical terms. Initially, Kaplan–Meier curves were constructed for the four categories and log-rank tests were used to analyse survival time. The relationship betw...
Descriptive analyses for entire cohort and the four categories ranked according to SRT score ranges are provided in Table 1. Median follow-up time was 6.3 years (range 0.1–13.9 years). The median age of 62 years was identical for male and female participants. During follow up there was an overall death rate of 7.9%. The distribution of SRT scores i...
Health-related physical fitness testing has been extensively investigated for much of the last century.23 For example, approximately 70 years ago, Cureton24 asserted that flexibility was one of the integral components of physical fitness and stated that ‘old age is marked by stiffness in the joints and accompanying physical awkwardness’. In contras...
This study was partially supported by research grants and graduate scholarships from CNPq-Brazil (304328/2011-1) and FAPERJ-Brazil (E-26/101.530/2010).
Dec 14, 2012 · Dr Araujo concluded that the test has great potential to become a quick appraisal of musculo-skeletal fitness among the middle-aged and elderly in a clinical setting.
The dentistry of the future needs to be more focused on building a partnership with patients. Prof. Dr Mário Rui Araújo explains how coaching approaches and behavioural strategies can help achieve this.
