A simple, though not necessarily easy, the test can help predict how old a person has left, according to researchers of exercises that have been tracing thousands of middle -aged and elderly people for more than a decade.
The seating test up to Rine requires sufficient balance, muscle strength and flexibility to sit on the floor without using hands, hands or knees and then stand up again just as without help. Movement is a way of determining the non -erosion fitness and reveals potential problems that may be missed otherwise, according to the report published in the European magazine for preventive cardiology on Wednesday.
The team at the Rio de Janeiro Exercise Clinic hired 4282 adults, mostly men, aged 46 to 75 years. After evaluating the health of the participants, the researchers presented the test.
Using a system from zero to five points, participants got the perfect result if they were able to move from upright to sitting on the floor without touching anything on the way down.
Each part of the body, say a hand or elbow or knee that has been used to direct or support the balance, lead to one point from the total amount. People also lost half a point for hesitating. On the way back, the points were removed if the limbs touched something.
Twelve years later, researchers followed the participants. At that time, there were a total of 665 deaths for “natural reasons”, researchers found.
Most of the perfect goal scorers were still alive in tracking, compared to just over 9 out of 10 of those who had lost two points and drastically, just under half of those with scores between 0 and 4.
Among the participants, originally diagnosed with heart disease, those with low test results are more likely to have died than the 12-year brand.
Aerobic fitness is important but muscle strength, a healthy body mass or BMI, balance and flexibility are also vital for healthy aging, said Dr. Claudio Gil Araujo, director of research and education at the clinic and lead author of the study. People can improve their deficit and then evaluate better the test.
Although the study does not directly associate the perfect result with longevity, “it is quite reasonable to expect it,” Araujo said.
New discoveries are part of the growing field of longevity. Other recent studies include a balance test: People who cannot last 10 seconds on one leg were almost twice as much to die within the next 10 years as those who can manage the balance.
Keith Diaz, a professor of behavioral medicine at the University of Colombia, said the new test could be a conversation for doctors to make patients think about what is needed for healthy aging.
If someone comes in bad, “you may be able to get them to start working on their flexibility and balance,” Diaz said. “If the patient is struggling to get off the floor, it may be a red flag for their overall health.”
Dr. Joseph Erera, chairman of the Rehabilitation and Human Department of the Sinai Mountain, warned that someone who cannot successfully stand up and sit without help, there are ways to improve.
Weight training, training training and improvement of flexibility can help.
Other tests that have become popular, said Herrera, include a six -minute walk in which the point is to see where a person can travel in six minutes and the seating test in which the patient is asked to sit in a chair, then rise from a chair and then sit again five times in 30 seconds.
“We need to consider the results of these tests as pieces of puzzle,” he said.
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