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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2008 Jun 17;72(2):422–427. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.032

Table 3.

Baseline Short Physical Performance Battery Scores by category

Test Points Accumulated (Per Scoring Instructions) Frequency (n = 50)
Stands* (measure of balance)
 Side-by-side stand
  Not attempted or unable to complete for 10 s 0 0.20
  Held for 10 s 1 0.80
 Semi-tandem stand
  Not attempted or unable to complete for 10 s 0 0.28
 Held for 10 s 1 0.62
 Tandem stand
  Not attempted or held for < 3 s 0 0.38
  Held for 3–9 s 1 0.10
  Held for 10 s 2 0.52
Measured 4-m walk (s) (walking speed)
 Unable to do walk 0 0.08
 Time ≥ 6.52 1 0.10
 Time > 4.66–6.52 2 0.16
 Time > 3.62 or < 4.65 3 0.34
 Time ≤ 3.62 4 0.32
Chair stands† (quadriceps strength)
 Unable to complete 5 chair stands 0 0.20
 Chair stand time > 16.6 s 1 0.00
 Chair stand time 13.7–16.6 s 2 0.18
 Chair stand time 11.2–13.6 s 3 0.18
 Chair stand time < 11.2 s 4 0.44
*

Side by side stand, stand with feet side by side for 10 s; Semi-tandem stand, stand with side of heel of 1 foot touching big toe of other foot for 10 s; tandem stand, stand with heel of 1 foot in front of and holding toes of other foot for 10 s.

†

Time to stand from chair 5 times without using arms.