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Vol.2, No.1, 93-97 (2012) Open Journal of Preventive Medicine /10.4236/ojpm.2012.21013 Chair-rising and 3-min walk: A simple screening test for functional mobility 1* 2 3 4 5 Tae-Woong Oh , Izumi Tabata , Jin-Hwan Kim , Tae-Hyun Lee , Tatsuki Naka 1Graduate School of Health Science, Matsumoto University, Matsumoto, Japan; *Corresponding Author: taewoong@matsu.ac.jp 2Graduate School of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsuki, Japan 3College of Physical Education, Kei-Myung University, Dae-Gu, Korea 4College of Martial Arts, Yong-In University, Yong-In, Korea 5Department of Health Sports Science, Faculty of Health Science, Shigakkan University, Obu, Japan Received 3 October 2011; revised 17 November 2011; accepted 12 December 2011 ABSTRACT of providing the information for muscle power and aerobic fitness, possibly avoiding the need Aging induces decrease of locomotor capacity for a maximal stress test. and its decrease is associated with an increased risk of falls. Several lines of evidence indicate Keywords: Peak Oxygen Uptake; 3-Min Walk that both change in muscle power and aerobic Distance Test; Leg Extension Strength; Chair-Rising fitness are causative. Mobility tests are usually Test; Mobility based on a maximal exercise stress test; how- ever, this test is often difficult and sometimes frightening to older persons. Therefore, the objec- 1. INTRODUCTION tive of this study was to examine age and gender Aging