Test (Reference) | Functions/Parameters | Description |
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Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) [58] | Lower extremity function: static balance, gait speed and getting in and out of a chair | Side-by-side, semi-tandem and tandem stands (10 s); 4 meters walk test at comfortable speed and 5 quickly sit to stand from a chair without upper extremity assistance |
Senior Fitness Test [66] | Upper and lower extremity strength and flexibility, static and dynamic balance and aerobic capacity | Chair-stands in 30 s; 6-min walking test; arm curl test (30 s); chair sit and reach; back scratch and 8 foot up and go test |
Instrumented Timed Up and Go test (BTS Biomedical G-WALK) [67] | Dynamic balance | Get up from a chair, walk 3 meters at a normal pace, turn and walk back to sit down again |
Instrumented walking speed (BTS Biomedical G-WALK) [68] | Standard gait parameters: speed, step frequency, cadence | Walk for 4 and 10 meters at comfortable and fast speed |
Bilateral handgrip strength test (Jamar dynamometer) [69] | Hand grip strength | Squeez the dynamometer with maximum isometric effort for about 5 s |
Berg balance test [70] | Postural stability | Performance of 14 functional tasks |
Stabilometry (Biodex Balance System) [71] | Ability to control balance on an oscillatory platform | Two-legged stance counterbalancing of an standardized oscillatory platform displacements |
Accelerometry (Actigraph GT3X model (Actigraph LLC, Pensacola, FL, USA) [72] | Active and sedentary periods during everyday life | 7 days period quantification of the number of steps performed per day and minutes completed at light, moderate or vigorous intensity |