{"id":8371,"date":"2025-08-17T21:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=8371"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:13:12","slug":"sitting-rising-test-srt-and-heart-health-key-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/sitting-rising-test-srt-and-heart-health-key-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitting-Rising Test (SRT) and Heart Health \u2013 Key Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sitting-Rising Test (SRT) and Heart Health \u2013 Key Points<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Publication: Medscape.<\/div>\n<div>Date: August 8, 2025<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span> 1. SRT Explained: Sit down on the floor and rise without using hands\/knees if possible. Scored 0\u201310.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. FTSTS Explained: Stand up and sit down from a chair five times as fast as possible; scored by time (seconds).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Why SRT Matters: Studies (Eur J Prev Cardiol) show low SRT scores predict 5\u20136x higher risk of death, including from cardiovascular causes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Comparison: FTSTS measures leg strength only; SRT measures strength, flexibility, balance \u2014 making it a stronger predictor of survival and heart health.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 5. Takeaway: SRT is simple, equipment-free, and a powerful tool for assessing long-term cardiovascular risk.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=56e7bf83208ccef84695af281c2899c9bbe3944022579f9a6c8be5e4871b6722c77295320fb1d975bf2b4a0b0ef197cc74f70a45e119d1524c4c97c4b3a96735\">https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=56e7bf83208ccef84695af281c2899c9bbe3944022579f9a6c8be5e4871b6722c77295320fb1d975bf2b4a0b0ef197cc74f70a45e119d1524c4c97c4b3a96735<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting-Rising Test (SRT) and Heart Health \u2013 Key Points \u00a0Publication: Medscape. Date: August 8, 2025 1. SRT Explained: Sit down on the floor and rise without using hands\/knees if possible. Scored 0\u201310. 2. FTSTS Explained: Stand up and sit down from a chair five times as fast as possible; scored by time (seconds). 3. Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8372,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions\/8372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}