The sit-to-stand exercise is a simple and effective exercise that can be performed by almost anybody who has a chair. It consists of sitting down and moving to a standing position. It sounds easy, but for people with weak legs, knees, bones or severe back problems, the exercise isn't ...
The Older Person's Exercise and Nutrition Study aimed to investigate the effects of sit-to-stand exercises (STS) integrated into daily care, combined with a protein-rich oral nutritional supplement (ONS), on physical function, nutritional status, body composition, health-related quality of life, ...
PURPOSE: To compare the effects of functional home exercise of repeated sit-to-stands with low-intensity progressive resistance training, on performance measures in mobility-limited adults over 80 years of age. SETTING: Participants' homes. DESIGN: Community-dwelling older adults > or =80 years of...
Effectiveness of loaded sit-to-stand re- sistance exercise for children with mild spastic diplegia: a randomized clinical trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007;88(1):25-31.Liao HF, Liu YC, Liu WE, Lin YT: Effectiveness of loaded sit-to stand resistance exercise for children with mild ...
One minute sit-to-stand test is an alternative to 6MWT to measure functional exercise performance in COPD patients. One minute sit-to-stand test is an alternative to 6MWT to measure functional exercise performance in COPD patients. Clin Respir J 2017; in press [......
the sedentary life that many office workers have adopted affects their health regardless of how much they eat or how much they exercise. A study that followed 17,000 Canadians, ages 18 to 90, for 12 years showed that “daily time spent sitting was associated with an elevated risk of all-...
Physical therapy program for stroke patients of our hospital mainly consists of stand-up to sitdown exercises on the basis of Hirschberg and Miyoshi's therapy, with a major goal of strengthening the muscle power of non-paralysis lower extremity. In this study, 58 stroke patients who could walk...
Finally, the perfect 3-minute daily stretching routine wouldn’t be complete without an exercise to target the hips. When you’re sitting all day, your hips are literally just locked into one position. But they’re designed to move in all sorts of directions. ...
Sit-to-stand test Children Exercise Dear Editor, The increasing importance of exercises as medicine in adults and children implies the evaluation of functional exercise capacity. The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is the reference test [1]. However, other field tests [sit-to-stand test (STST), st...
Since normal STS performance does not require maximal physical exertion, it has more potential to improve during an exercise program. Thus, especially sensor-based measurement of peak power, maximal velocity and duration of normal STS are sensitive to the effects of training leg strength, leg power...