8-Foot Up-and-Go: Females, Age 70-74

The 8-foot up-and-go test measures agility and dynamic balance. Specifically, it records the time it takes to stand from a chair, walk 8 feet (2.44 m), turn around, and sit back down. It is part of the Senior Fitness Test battery (Rikli & Jones 1999, n=7,183 US community-dwelling adults aged 60-94). Percentile curves (P5-P95) are from the Senior Fitness Test Manual, 2nd edition (2013), modelled from the same sample. Lower times indicate better performance.

Data source: Rikli & Jones (SFT) (1999) · n=7.2K About this study

8-Foot Up-and-Go Functional Fitness Females 70-74

Percentile Distribution (seconds)

Percentile distribution (seconds) 5th 5th: 8.60 seconds 8.60 25th 25th: 7.10 seconds 7.10 50th 50th: 6 seconds 6 75th 75th: 4.90 seconds 4.90 95th 95th: 3.80 seconds 3.80 0 3.2 6.4 9.6 12.8 16 seconds Percentile distribution (seconds) 5th 5th: 8.60 seconds 8.60 25th 25th: 7.10 seconds 7.10 50th 50th: 6 seconds 6 75th 75th: 4.90 seconds 4.90 95th 95th: 3.80 seconds 3.80 0 3.2 6.4 9.6 12.8 16 seconds
Percentile Value (seconds) Rating
5th 8.6 Excellent
25th 7.1 Above average
50th 6 Average
75th 4.9 Below average
95th 3.8 Poor

What these numbers mean for females aged 70-74

A score around 6 seconds is typical (50th percentile) for females in this age group. Times below about 7.1 seconds fall near the 75th percentile or higher, indicating above-average performance (faster is better). Times above about 4.9 seconds fall near the 25th percentile; about 75% of the reference population ran faster.

Percentiles show how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.

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60-6465-6975-7980-8485-8990-94 All
Males data Males, 70-74
Age trend

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Senior Fitness Test Battery

This metric is part of the Senior Fitness Test, a validated 7-test battery for adults aged 60-94.