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The Senior Fitness Test

Author(s) -

Birgitta Langhammer,

Johan Kvalvik Stanghelle

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of physiotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.615

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1836-9553

pISSN - 1836-9561

DOI - 10.1016/j.jphys.2015.04.001

Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , physical therapy , fitness test , step test , physical fitness , physical medicine and rehabilitation , significant difference , paleontology , biology

Rikli and Jones developed the Senior Fitness Test for adults aged over 60 years. It is primarily used to evaluate physical function in healthy elderly people but is also used for people with dementia [8_TD$DIFF]. [11_TD$DIFF]5 It comprises six functional tests of strength, endurance, balance, agility and flexibility. Each test is scored separately on different scales. The scores are not tallied into an overall score. The Senior Fitness Test can be performed in people’s homes or in clinics and does not require costly tools or technical expertise. The six functional tests include:

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