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Get Up and Go TestAka: Up and Go Test

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Technique: Direct patient to do the following
1. Rise from sitting position
2. Walk 10 feet
3. Turn around
4. Return to chair and sit down
Interpretation
1. Patient takes <20 seconds to complete test
  1. Adequate for independent transfers and mobility
2. Patient requires >30 seconds to complete test
  1. Suggests higher dependence and risk of of falls
References
1. Posiadlo (1991) J Am Geriatr Soc 39:142

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