Professor Ruth Melo spoke about the test and how you can improve your performance
Getting older is no fun, especially when you start getting aches and pains in new places. That situation can be exacerbated by trips, stumbles and falls, with all three having potentially serious consequences for those of advancing years, The Express reports.
The professor from the University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil, explained that the sit and stand test involves standing up and sitting down five times using an ordinary chair. She explained: "The sit-and-stand test is a very important measure and when we do this in a very fast way, we’re probably at lower risk of a lot of negative outcomes that are very common in older age."
The women who participated in pilates twice weekly were also able to walk 30 metres further than they could at the beginning of the study. She said: "We believe that improving strength, improving the core stability, and improving the balance helped them to walk further.
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