Preferred Label : Time to rise from chair, walk 8 feet and back, and return to sitting:Time:Pt: Patient:Qn:8UG;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Time to rise from chair, walk 8 feet and back, and return to sitting 8UG;
LOINC short name : Time rise, walk 8ft, return sitting 8UG;
LOINC description : The 8-Foot Up and Go (8UG) test measures dynamic balance and agility and is the time
elapsed from a patient standing up from a chair, walking 8 feet to and around a cone
(or other marker), walking back to the chair, and sitting down again in the shortest
time possible.[https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.7.2.129] The 8UG, is a modified version
of the Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) [LOINC: 89423-8], which is a modified version of the
Get-Up and Go (GUG). TUG and 8UG are timed whereas GUG is scored on an ordinal 5 point
scale. [PMID: 1991946];
Origin ID : 66217-1;
UMLS CUI : C3259084;
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