Saturday, December 15, 2012

Physical Test To Know When You'll Die


ADELAIDE, KOMPAS.com - A simple test where we sit on the floor, and then stand will determine when someone will die.
According to the website news.com.au, a report published in the European Journal of Preventive Thursday (12/14/2012) shows the correlation between the difficulty getting up from a sitting position is at risk when he will die.

Those who are elderly and middle-aged who need to use both hands and knees to sit and stand has seven times more likely to die within six years

Those who are elderly and middle-aged who need to use both hands and knees to sit and stand has seven times more likely to die within six years than those who were able to sit and stand without assistance of any kind.
In the past, the doker use seat test to check the power of the legs and lower body to the elderly, but the new test is more difficult and can also be used to people more easily.
According to the Reuters correspondent in Australia L. Literature Wijaya, researchers followed 2002 adults between the ages of 51 to 80 years, with an average of 6.3 years during the study. 86 percent of them are men.
Each participant was asked to sit on the floor, and then stood, without the help of hands, knees or other body parts. They get five points if could sit without touching the knee, leg, hand or arm on the floor, and five points if could stand without assistance.
The rate will be reduced for each limb were used to help sit or stand. If they are no unstable when to sit or stand, the figure is reduced by half.
The best thing to get the perfect number 10. During the study period, 159 people died, and many of them are getting the number 5 down.
Those who received a score of 0 to 3 has 6.5 times more likely to die during the study period than those who received a score of 8 to 10.
Those who received a score of 3.3 to 5.5 have 3.8 times as likely to die, and who received a score of 6 to 7.4, likely 1.8 times more likely to die sooner than those who score 8 to 10.
Sources: http://health.kompas.com/read/2012/12/14/15141978/

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