Short on time? This 8-minute chair routine builds functional strength after 50 with 4 safe moves at home. No equipment needed ...
There are many ways to tell if people are healthy. Some indicators of good health are so simplistic that you may never have heard of them. One of the simplest tests of health I know of is referred to ...
Failing a "sit-to-stand" or "sit-rise" test, which entails standing up from the floor with legs crossed, without using hands, arms, knees or side of the legs, means one has a higher likelihood of ...
There is decreased blood pressure among postmenopausal women with overweight and obesity who increase daily sit-to-stand transitions over 3 months. Increasing daily sit-to-stand transitions can reduce ...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the typical strategies of obese subjects during a sit-to-stand task (a typical daily living activity) and to assess the load conditions of hip, knee ...
Sitting, standing, and moving between the two seem almost involuntary, but your body's muscles are working hard to make these motions happen. Your skeleton has over 600 muscles attached, and many of ...
Reducing sedentary behavior with interventions such as increasing daily sit-to-stand transitions might help lower blood pressure in postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity. Researchers ...