Assessment of functional capacity of the elderly women population

1. Obtaining an assessment of the level of functional capacity in older women 2. Functional fitness of the elderly is the ability to safely and independently perform everyday life tasks without excessive effort. The assessment of this fitness is currently the standard for general geriatric assessment and the starting point for not only physical but also social rehabilitation. Periodic determination of the level of functional fitness in smaller and larger populations of elderly people is necessary not only from the point of view of rehabilitation itself but also from the level of broadly understood social care and finances allocated to help the elderly. Numerous tools are used to assess the level of functional fitness, among which the Senior Fitness Test is recommended. 3. Participants: approximately 200 older physically inactive women aged 60-75 who gave their informed consent to participate in the project 4. Procedure: • Body height measurement - Martin anthropometer, measurement accuracy up to 0.1 cm, measurement from the apex point to the base point, in a standing position, barefoot • Body weight measurement - Tanita scale, measurement accuracy up to 0.1 kg, measurement method - bioelectric impedance, barefoot • Functional fitness measurement - Senior Fitness Test, measurement using 5 tests: - 30-second Chair Stand Test - 30-second Arm Curl Test - 2-minute walk test (2-minute step test) - Chair sit-and-reach test - Back Scratch Test Each patient will be assess only once, duration of the single examination – about 5 – 7 minutes. 5. Provider of all examinations - physiotherapist (professor degree) 6. Model of delivery: face to face 7. Type of location where the examination occurred - Central Research and Development Laboratory, University of Physical Culture in Krakow, Poland