Functional Testing Can Happen at Home

By Daniel Salzberg, VP of Operations at BioMech Health, Richmond, Virginia. Part 2 of the Movement as a Vital Sign series in Healthcare, Measured: what the research says about doing chair-stand, sit-to-stand and Timed Up and Go tests at home, and what has to be sorted out first. Full article: https://danielsalzberg.com/articles/functional-testing-at-home/

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1. Healthcare, Measured · Movement as a Vital Sign, Part 2 of 6 Functional Testing Can Happen at Home Daniel Salzberg · Healthcare technology and operations · Richmond, Virginia
2. Why the clinic is the wrong place to start One test, in an unfamiliar room, once or twice a year. To see a trend you need a lot of readings, and the only place you get them is at home. Daniel Salzberg · danielsalzberg.com
3. Simple tests hold up at home Chair stand, five sit-to-stands and Timed Up and Go scored almost the same in person and by video in older adults' homes. Repeated four weeks later, results were very consistent. Daniel Salzberg · danielsalzberg.com
4. A phone can do more than a stopwatch 2023, npj Digital Medicine: 405 people in 35 states filmed five sit-to-stands at home. Home times ran longer than reference numbers (about 11.4 vs 7.5 seconds), so home programs need their own ranges. Daniel Salzberg · danielsalzberg.com
5. Daily life tells you something the clinic doesn't 2023, Journals of Gerontology: clinic mobility tests didn't predict falls. Wearable walking cadence did. Every 10 extra steps a minute went with a 27.7% lower fall rate. Daniel Salzberg · danielsalzberg.com
6. What has to be sorted out first Instructions people can follow alone. Who is safe to test without help. Someone to tell a good test from a bad one. Results in the record the clinician already uses. Daniel Salzberg · danielsalzberg.com
7. Read the full article danielsalzberg.com/articles/functional-testing-at-home/ Daniel Salzberg, VP of Operations at BioMech Health, Richmond, Virginia Disclosure: I'm VP of Operations at BioMech Health, which works in objective movement measurement. This series reflects my own views and isn't about any specific product.