30 second Chair Stand Test

(Rikli, Jones 1999)

Chair height: 17 (43 cm), placed against wall or sta!ilit"
#tarting position: sitting in the middle o the chair, !ack straight, arms crossed o$er chest,
eet %at on %oor&
1& 'ake resting $ital signs&
(& )emonstrate the mo$ement, *rst slowl", then +,ickl"&
3& -a$e the patient.client practice one or two repetitions to ens,re proper orm, and
ade+,ate !alance
4& /n the signal 0go the patient.client rises to a ,ll stand, then ret,rns to a ,ll" seated
position, as man" times as possi!le in 31 seconds&
2& 3 a person is more than hal wa" ,p at the end o the 31 seconds, co,nt it as a ,ll
stand&
4& /ne trial&
7& 'ake post e5ercise $ital signs&
6& )oc,ment an" modi*cations (chair height, assistance needed)
Range of scores between the 25% and 75% percentiles
Age Number of stands Women Number of stands Men
60 - 64 12 - 17 14 - 19
65 - 79 11 - 16 12 - 18
70 - 74 10 -15 12 - 17
75 - 79 10 - 15 11 - 17
80 - 84 9 - 14 10 - 15
85 - 90 8 - 13 8 - 14
90 - 95 4 - 11 7 - 12
#cores less than 6 (,nassisted) stands were associated with lower le$els o ,nctional a!ilit"
7op,lation:
comm,nit" residing older ad,lts ages 41894
n 9 7,163 2,146 women, (,132 men
"ears ed,cation: 14&2
chronic conditions: 1&7
medications: 1&4
perormed moderate e5ercise :3 times.week: 42;
<5cl,sion criteria:
ad$ised not to e5ercise !" ph"sician
C-=, >oint pain, chest pain, di??iness, angina d,ring e5ercise
@7 : 141.111
Rikli RE, Jones CJ (1999). Functional fitness normative scores for community residing older adults ages
6!9". Journal of #ging and $%ysical #ctivity, &, 16!1&9.