Table 2.

Subjects' characteristics and clinical tests used for the assessment of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks in the included studies (n=11).

STUDY	n	Neurological disease	Age (years)	Sex (M/F)	Test
Pardo et al.24	19	Chronic stroke	53.4±12.3	9/10	"Five times sit-to-stand test"*
Blankevoort et al.22	52	Dementia	82.47±5.31	17/41	"Chair rise test"
Moller et al.29	11	Multiple sclerosis	_____	7/4	"5-repetition sit-to-stand test"*
Poncumhak et al.25	66(V) and 16 (R)	Incomplete spinal Cord injury	(V): 50.9±13.4 and 50.2±9.5 (R): 50.8±10.3	_____	"Five times sit-to-stand test"*
Wang et al.28	108(RIS) and 22(R T-RT)	Cerebral palsy	n=108: 8.1±1.8	65/43	"Five times sit-to-stand test"*
Suttanon et al.26	14	Alzheimer disease	79.57 ± 6.19	7/7	"Five times sit-to-stand test"*
Duncan et al.9	80(V) and 10 (R T-RT and R IE)	Parkinson disease	n=80: 67 ± 9.0	47/33	"Five times sit-to-stand test"*
Villamonte et al.8	21	Down syndrome	Between 5 and 31	10/11	"Sit-to-stand test"
Mong et al.23	12	Chronic stroke	60 ± 4.8	6/6	"5-repetition sit-to-stand test"*
Beninato et al.21	27	Chronic stroke	57.2 ± 12.4	12/15	"Five times sit-to-stand test"*
Thomas et al.27	10	Dementia	80.5±6.2	F	"Sit-to-stand"*

n: number of subjects; M/F: male/female; V: validity; R: reliability; R_IS: reliability intra-session; R_T-RT: test-retest reliability; R_IE: inter-rater reliability; _____: not described

^*related to the same test: "five-repetition sit-to-stand test"