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Timed Floor to Stand-Natural: Reference Data for School Age Children
Goldie Weingarten1, Michael Lieberstein, Adina Itzkowitz
1Physical Therapy Department (Ms Weingarten, Mr Lieberstein, Ms Itzkowitz, Mr Vialu, and Dr Doyle), New York City Department of Education, New York, New York; Department of Rehabilitation & Movement Sciences (Dr Kaplan), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey.
Purpose:
To collect reference data for the Timed Floor to Stand-Natural (TFTS-N) on a large, diverse sample of school children who are typically developing, taking into account age, sex, and body mass index (BMI).
Methods:
Five physical therapists administered the TFTS-N on a sample of convenience of 1476 school children who were typically developing, aged 5 to 14 years (male = 637, female = 839), using previously tested, standardized reliable procedures.
Results:
The average time ranged from 7.91 ± 1.65 seconds to 8.98 ± 1.62 seconds; 8 year-old students were the quickest and the 13-year-old students were the slowest. The mean difference between males and females was clinically negligible at 0.38 seconds. Post hoc analyses revealed no significant differences among BMI categories.
Conclusions:
Reference data for the TFTS-N test are now available. Neither sex nor BMI affects the timing of the task in this age range.
