Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality

@article{deBrito2014AbilityTS,
  title={Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality},
  author={Leonardo Barbosa Barreto de Brito and Djalma Rabelo Ricardo and Denise Sardinha Mendes Soares de Ara{\'u}jo and Plinio Dos Santos Ramos and Jonathan Myers and CLAUDIO GIL ARAUJO},
  journal={European Journal of Preventive Cardiology},
  year={2014},
  volume={21},
  pages={892 - 898}
}
Background: While cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly related to survival, there are limited data regarding musculoskeletal fitness indicators. Our aim was to evaluate the association between the ability to sit and rise from the floor and all-cause mortality. Design: Retrospective cohort. Methods: 2002 adults aged 51–80 years (68% men) performed a sitting-rising test (SRT) to and from the floor, which was scored from 0 to 5, with one point being subtracted from 5 for each support used (hand… 
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