Get Five Times Sit To Stand Test:

If the patient must use his/her arms to stand, stop the test. Record 0 for the number and score. 3 Count the number of times the patient comes to a full standing position in 30 seconds. If the patient is over halfway to a standing position when 30 seconds have elapsed, count it as a stand.

Conclusion: The 1-minute STS test is simple and sensitive to measure the efficiency of PR. An improvement of at least three repetitions is consistent with physical benefits after PR.

In conclusion, the 1-min STS test proves to be a promising alternative to traditional exercise capacity tests in COPD patients. It is reliable, valid and responsive and showed a comparable end-exercise physiological response to the 6MWT. We recommend an MID of three repetitions.

The Five Times Sit to Stand Test measures one aspect of transfer skill. The test provides a method to quantify functional lower extremity strength and/or identify movement strategies a patient uses to complete transitional movements.

Stand up from the chair until your legs are completely straight making sure that you do not use your hands or arms to help you. Then sit back down again. This counts as one sit to stand.

The Five Times Sit to Stand Test measures one aspect of transfer skill. The test provides a method to quantify functional lower extremity strength and/or identify movement strategies a patient uses to complete transitional movements.

The 30-second chair stand involves recording the number of stands a person can complete in 30 seconds rather then the amount of time it takes to complete a pre-determined number of repetitions.

Have the patient practice a repetition or two before completing the test. If a patient must use their arms to complete the test they are scored 0. The participant is encouraged to complete as many full stands as possible within 30 seconds. The participant is instructed to fully sit between each stand.

The five-repetition sit-to-stand test (5STS) is a test of lower limb function that measures the fastest time taken to stand five times from a chair with arms folded. ... Responsiveness was determined by measuring 5STS before and after outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in 239 patients.