Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age
The five times-sit-to stand test (FTSTS) is a clinical test which is commonly used to assessed the functional muscle strength of the lower limbs of older adults. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different arm positions and foot placements on the FTSTS completion times of older fema...
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pubmed-44999772015-07-15 Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age Ng, Shamay S.M. Kwong, Patrick W.H. Chau, Michael S.P. Luk, Isaac C.Y. Wan, Sam S. Fong, Shirley S.M. Original Article The five times-sit-to stand test (FTSTS) is a clinical test which is commonly used to assessed the functional muscle strength of the lower limbs of older adults. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different arm positions and foot placements on the FTSTS completion times of older female adults. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-nine healthy female subjects, aged 63.1±5.3 years participated in this cross-sectional study. The times required to complete the FTSTS with 3 different arm positions (hands on thighs, arms crossed over chest, and an augmented arm position with the arms extended forward) and 2 foot placements (neutral and posterior) were recorded. The interaction effect and main effect of arm positions and foot placements were examined using a 3 (arm position) × 2 (foot placement) two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). [Results] There was no interaction effect among the 3 arm positions in the 2 foot placements. A significant main effect was identified for foot placement, but not arm position. Posterior foot placement led to a shorter FTSTS time compared to that of normal foot placement. [Conclusion] With the same arm position, FTSTS completion times with posterior foot placement tended to be shorter. Therefore, the standard foot placement should be used for FTSTS administration. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2015-06-30 2015-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4499977/ /pubmed/26180314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.1755 Text en 2015©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science. Published by IPEC Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
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Ng, Shamay S.M. Kwong, Patrick W.H. Chau, Michael S.P. Luk, Isaac C.Y. Wan, Sam S. Fong, Shirley S.M. Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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Ng, Shamay S.M. Kwong, Patrick W.H. Chau, Michael S.P. Luk, Isaac C.Y. Wan, Sam S. Fong, Shirley S.M. |
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Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test
completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test
completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test
completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test
completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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Effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test
completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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effect of arm position and foot placement on the five times sit-to-stand test
completion times of female adults older than 50 years of age |
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The five times-sit-to stand test (FTSTS) is a clinical test which is commonly used to
assessed the functional muscle strength of the lower limbs of older adults. The aim of
this study was to examine the effect of different arm positions and foot placements on the
FTSTS completion times of older female adults. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-nine healthy
female subjects, aged 63.1±5.3 years participated in this cross-sectional study. The times
required to complete the FTSTS with 3 different arm positions (hands on thighs, arms
crossed over chest, and an augmented arm position with the arms extended forward) and 2
foot placements (neutral and posterior) were recorded. The interaction effect and main
effect of arm positions and foot placements were examined using a 3 (arm position) × 2
(foot placement) two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). [Results] There
was no interaction effect among the 3 arm positions in the 2 foot placements. A
significant main effect was identified for foot placement, but not arm position. Posterior
foot placement led to a shorter FTSTS time compared to that of normal foot placement.
[Conclusion] With the same arm position, FTSTS completion times with posterior foot
placement tended to be shorter. Therefore, the standard foot placement should be used for
FTSTS administration. |
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