Assessments

Why Assessment

¨ Gain information about people in your program

¨ Screen for potential problems (Medical History)

¨ Use information for goal setting and comparison with norms

¨ Determine ability or health/fitness status

Why Assessment

¨ Provide motivational challenges¨ Provide relevant and timely

feedback¨ Evaluate program effectiveness¨ Basis for future instructional

program

Suggested Assessments

¨ Pre-participation health screening¨ Screening questionnaires ¨ Efficacy scales¨ Performance/Ability tests

Screening Questionnaires

¨ PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness-Questionnaire )

¨ Health/Fitness Facility Pre-participation (AHA/ACSM)

¨ Medical History and Risk Factor (Best-Martini and Botenhagen-DiGenova)

Efficacy Scales

¨ Falls

¨ Gait

Selected Activity Tests

¨ Senior Fitness Test (Rikli & Jones, 1999 and 2001)

¨ Multidirectional Reach Test

(Rose, 2003)

Senior Fitness Test (Rikli & Jones)

¨ 30 Second Chair Stand

lower body strength

¨ Bicep Curl

upper body strength

¨ Chair Sit & Reach

lower body flexibility

¨ Back Scratchupper body flexibility

¨ 8 Ft. Up & Godynamic balance, motor ability

¨ 2 Minute Step aerobic endurance

Senior Fitness Test Items

30 SECOND

CHAIR STAND

(Number of stands)

LOWER BODY

STRENGTH

Sit in chair, arms remain across chest, stand up. Count complete “ups’ in 30 seconds

Scoring Your Test Results

CHAIR STAND (number of stands)

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Women 12-17 11-16 10-15 10-15 9-14 8-13 4-11

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Men 14-19 12-18 12-17 11-17 10-15 8-14 7-12

Senior Fitness Test Items

ARM CURL5# (women) & 8# (men)(number of repetitions)

UPPER BODYSTRENGTH

Holding weight with arm down at side bring it up with elbow rotation.

Testers hand limits range.Return arm to beginning position with control.Count “ups” in 30 seconds.

Scoring Your Test Results

ARM CURL (number of repetitions)

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Women 13-19 13-18 12-17 11-17 10-16 10-15 8-13

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Men 16-22 15-21 14-21 13-19 13-19 11-17 10-14

Senior Fitness Test Items

CHAIR SIT & REACH(inches)Not for those with Osteoporosis

Don’t bounceDon’t stretch to point of pain

LOWER BODYFLEXIBILITY

One leg straight, other foot flat on floor. Reach forward with one hand on top of the other. Try to touch toes, holding reach for 2 seconds. Knee remains straight.

+ ve score is past toes

0 = touching toes

-- ve score is short of toes

Scoring Your Test Results

CHAIR SIT AND REACH (inches)

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Women -.5/5 -.5/4.5 -1/4 -1.5/3.5 -2/3 -2.5/2.5 -4.5/1

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Men -2.5/4 –3/3 -3.5/2.5 -4/2 -5.5/1.5 -5.5/.5 -6.5/.5

Senior Fitness Test Items

BACK SCRATCH

(inches)

UPPER BODY

FLEXIBILITY

With back straight, try to touch two middle fingers behind your back. Measure distance between two middle fingers

+ ve score is overlap

0 = touching

-- ve short of touching

Scoring Your Test Results

BACK SCRATCH (inches)

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Women -3/1.5 -3.5/1.5 -4/1 -5/.5 -5/0 -7/-1 -8/-1

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Men -2.5/4 -3/3 -3.5/2.5 -4/2 -5.5/1.5 -5.5/.5 -6.5/.5

Senior Fitness Test Items¨ 8-FOOT UP-&-GO

(Seconds)

¨ DYNAMIC BALANCE, MOTOR ABILITY

¨ On ‘”go” push off from chair, walk as quickly as possible around a cone 8 feet away and return to sit down again

¨ Time yourself

to the nearest

1/10th of a second

Scoring Your Test Results

8-ft UP & GO (seconds)

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 Women

6-4.4 6.4-4.8 7.1-4.9 7.4-5.2 8.7-5.7 9.6-6.2 11.5-7.3

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Men 5.6-3.8 5.7-4.3 6.0-4.2 7.2-4.6 7.6-5.2 8.9-5.3 10-6.2

8 Ft. Up & Go Prediction

8.5 seconds to complete the test predicted 82% of fallers in a community program

Senior Fitness Test Items

¨ 2 minute step

(number of steps)

AEROBIC

ENDURANCE

(heart and lung capacity)

¨ On “go” begin stepping in place, as many times as you can in 2 minutes.

¨ Raising your knees up to a height that is midway between your kneecap and hip bone.

Scoring Your Test Results

2 MINUTE STEP (no. of steps)

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Women 75-107 73-107 68-101 68-100 60-91 55-85 44-72

Age 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94

Men 87-115 86-116 80-110 73-109 71-103 59-91 52-86

Multidirectional Reach Test

¨ See how far you can reach in the forward, backward and sideways direction

¨ Ruler on the wall at shoulder height

¨ One practice, 3 trials

¨ Arm raised, feet shoulder width apart

Multidirectional Reach Test Scoring

Average Above Average Forward 8.9” 12.2”+ Backward 4.6” 7.6” Right 6.2” 9.4” Left 6.6” 9.4

Less than 10” on forward lean associatedwith fall risk.

USE ASSESSMENTSFOR THE BETTERMENTOF YOUR PROGRAM!