8-Foot Up-and-Go: Females, Age 85-89

What these numbers mean

A value around 7.9 seconds is typical (50th percentile) for females in this age group. Scores below about 6.2 seconds fall near the 25th percentile or lower, indicating above-average performance (lower is better). Scores above about 9.6 seconds fall near the 75th percentile or higher; about 75% of the reference population scored lower.

Also see: 80-84 · 90-94 · All ages

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

Reference population: Community-dwelling older adults aged 60-94 from 267 sites across 21 US states

8-Foot Up-and-Go Functional Fitness Females 85-89

8-Foot Up-and-Go Percentile Chart (seconds)

Excellent 4.5 seconds
Above average 6.2 seconds
Average 7.9 seconds
Below average 9.6 seconds
Poor 12.0 seconds
8-Foot Up-and-Go percentile distribution chart for Females, age 85-89 5th 5th: 4.5 seconds (Excellent) 4.5 Excellent 25th 25th: 6.2 seconds (Above average) 6.2 Above average 50th 50th: 7.9 seconds (Average) 7.9 Average 75th 75th: 9.6 seconds (Below average) 9.6 Below average 95th 95th: 12.0 seconds (Poor) 12.0 Poor 0 3.2 6.4 9.6 12.8 16 seconds 8-Foot Up-and-Go percentile distribution chart for Females, age 85-89 5th 5th: 4.5 seconds (Excellent) 4.5 Excellent 25th 25th: 6.2 seconds (Above average) 6.2 Above average 50th 50th: 7.9 seconds (Average) 7.9 Average 75th 75th: 9.6 seconds (Below average) 9.6 Below average 95th 95th: 12.0 seconds (Poor) 12.0 Poor 0 3.2 6.4 9.6 12.8 16 seconds

This percentile chart shows how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.

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Other age brackets
60-6465-6970-7475-7980-8490-94 All
Males data Males, 85-89
Age trend

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