Ability to sit and rise from the floor is closely correlated with all-cause mortality risk

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/esoc-ats121012.php

Public release date: 13-Dec-2012
Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu
European Society of Cardiology

Test of musculo-skeletal fitness is 'strong predictor' of mortality in the middle-aged and older

A simple screening test of musculo-skeletal fitness has proved remarkably predictive of all-cause mortality in a study of more than 2000 middle-aged and older men and women. The study, performed in Brazil by Dr Claudio Gil Araújo and colleagues at the Clinimex - Exercise Medicine Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, is reported today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention.(1,2)

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A film of the sitting-rising test can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQ2WA2T2oA

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