Five Times Sit to Stand (5×STS): free online stopwatch and protocol

Protocol

Lower-limb strength and fall risk.

1. Armless chair (seat about 43–46 cm) against a wall. Patient seated, back against the backrest, arms crossed on the chest.
2. Instruction: "Stand up fully and sit down five times, as fast as you can, without using your arms."
3. Start the stopwatch on "Go".
4. Stop it when the patient is fully standing on the fifth stand (or seated after it, per your protocol, always the same).

Norms and references

≥ 12 s: increased fall risk (Tiedemann et al., 2008). ≥ 15 s: recurrent falls (Buatois et al., 2008). Age norms: 60–69 y 11.4 s, 70–79 y 12.6 s, 80–89 y 14.8 s (Bohannon, 2006).

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