Teste de Sentar e Levantar - TSL (English subtitles) Nov2011

NEW! Full-text PDF of Sitting-rising test (SRT) sex- and age-reference scores derived from 6141 adults are now available as open access at: This video introduces the Sitting-rising test (SRT) a simple tool for the assessment of non-aerobic fitness, including its main components - muscle power, flexibility, balance and body composition. Developed at late 90’s, in 2015 it had already been applied to more than 6,000 individuals of all ages at CLINIMEX - Exercise Medicine Clinic (Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil). It has also been included as a method in several studies, in Brazil and abroad, highlighting the article “Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality“ published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 21 (7): 892-898, 2014. Apresenta o Teste de Sentar-Levantar (TSL) para a avaliação simplificada da aptidão não-aeróbica, incluindo os seus principa