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Physiotherapy vocabulary · Gait, Mobility and Walking Aids

Sit-to-stand

Meaning in physiotherapy, with examples

nounCommon term

In physiotherapy, sit-to-stand means: The movement of standing up from a sitting position, practised as a daily skill and also used as a test of leg strength and balance.

In Turkish: oturmadan ayağa kalkma, otur-kalk

How it is used

Physiotherapists teach patients to 'shuffle forward, feet back, nose over toes, and stand up'. It is also used in outcome measures such as the 30-second chair stand test and the five times sit-to-stand test. Notes record whether it is independent, needs help or needs the arms to push.

Example sentences

  1. Practise sit-to-stand from a kitchen chair ten times, three times a day.

  2. He completed the five times sit-to-stand test in 14 seconds.

Common collocations

  • sit-to-stand practice
  • five times sit-to-stand test
  • 30-second chair stand
  • stand up from a chair
  • transferMoving a patient from one surface to another, for example from bed to chair, chair to toilet or wheelchair to car.
  • fall preventionAssessment and treatment aimed at reducing the chance that a person, especially an older adult, will fall and get hurt.
  • strengtheningExercise that makes muscles stronger by asking them to work against a load, such as body weight, an elastic band or weights.
  • outcome measureA standard test or questionnaire used to measure a patient's condition at the start of treatment and again later, to show whether things are changing.

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