Floor sit-and-rise
Getting down to the floor and back up, scored by how much support you need.
- Method
- Score 0–10
- Equipment
- Clear floor space, barefoot
- Attempts
- One
- Reference
- Unverified
Protocol
Stand barefoot with clear space around you.
Sit down to the floor without help, then stand back up.
Start from 10. Take off 1 point for each support used: a hand, a forearm, a knee, a hand on your knee or thigh, or the side of a leg. Crossing your legs is fine if you do not use the sides of your feet.
Take off 0.5 if the movement was unsteady. Try as often as you like; the best sit and the best rise count.
Safety. Have someone nearby the first time. Skip it if you have a recent knee or hip injury. Rest 30 s between attempts.
How it is scored
The Araújo sitting-rising test: 5 points for sitting down, 5 for standing up. The app’s age bands are estimates, not yet checked against Araújo’s published percentiles.
EstimatedUnverified
No clinical table exists. The percentile is estimated from training bands and labelled as such.
Reference table
Sitting-rising test bands (unverified; published reference is Araújo 2020)
Published reference: 6,141 Brazilian clinic adults aged 16–98, 1998–2018
The app’s bands could not be traced to a readable source; the published age and sex reference is paywalled. Treat this percentile as unverified.
Known gaps
Where the app’s table or protocol differs from its best source, from our own check of the research.
- The app’s percentile bands could not be traced to a readable source. The only published age and sex reference (Araújo 2020, 6,141 adults aged 16–98) was behind a paywall. Treat the percentile as unverified.
- The app takes 0.5 off for each loss of balance. The published rule takes 0.5 off once if the evaluator sees an unsteady execution.
- The published rules also count a hand on the knee as a support, allow crossed legs if the sides of the feet are not used, and keep the best score of each action across attempts. The app records one attempt.