Posted on 06/22/2022 11:13:03 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
The inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds in mid- to later life is linked to a near doubling in the risk of death from any cause within the next 10 years, finds research.
To improve standardization of the test, participants were asked to place the front of the free foot on the back of the opposite lower leg, while keeping their arms by their sides and their gaze fixed straight ahead. Up to three attempts on either foot were permitted.
In all, around 1 in 5 (20.5%; 348) participants failed to pass the test. The inability to do so rose in tandem with age, more or less doubling at subsequent 5 year intervals from the age of 51-55 onwards.
There were no clear temporal trends in the deaths, or differences in the causes, between those able to complete the test and those who weren't able to do so.
But the proportion of deaths among those who failed the test was significantly higher: 17.5% vs. 4.5%, reflecting an absolute difference of just under 13%.
In general, those who failed the test had poorer health: a higher proportion were obese, and/or had heart disease, high blood pressure, and unhealthy blood fat profiles. And type 2 diabetes was 3 times as common in this group: 38% vs. around 13%.
After accounting for age, sex, and underlying conditions, an inability to stand unsupported on one leg for 10 seconds was associated with an 84% heightened risk of death from any cause within the next decade.
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Eyes open or shut?
🌍🥴😜😜😜
Oops
😆😁🥴😜😜😜
I stood on Ralph Macchio for 32 seconds while catching 7 flies with chopsticks 🥢.
So, I’m not sure if that counts.
I’ll go wax the car and trim a tiny little tree 🌲 instead.
You are ready Ferrisson…
Great!
I’m gonna get that instructor that betrayed Rambo and left him in the rice paddy with the North Vietnamese.
Martin Kove has been asking for it for 38 years.
Sweep his leg!
NEVER let him fly the helo on an intelligence extraction!
Back in high school the cross-country skiing coach told us to stand on one leg and balance as we dressed/undressed in the morning/night. I thought he was nuts and that it would be impossible. It was really hard at first (putting on a sock, putting one leg of your pants on, tying your shoe, etc. - all while standing up and balancing on one leg). After awhile I suppose between getting stronger muscles and better balance it wasn’t so hard.
He’ll leave you on a muddy hill...
Somebody should smack him with an M60!
I couldn’t do that 15 years ago.
Surely I will live forever
I wonder whaat the odds are for those trying to stand on one leg after three covid jabs?
LOL
Cool. I wonder if I could do that with my drum set.
I’ve been in physical therapy working on this very thing. Looks like I’m a dead man walking (but not standing on one leg).
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