The Functional Reach Test, or FRT, measures how far a person can reach forward while standing without stepping or losing balance. Duncan and colleagues introduced the FRT as a clinical measure of balance, and it has since become a widely used low-equipment dynamic balance test.  

A systematic revie...

The Chair Sit and Reach Test measures lower-body flexibility, particularly hamstring flexibility, in a seated chair position. It is widely used as part of the Senior Fitness Test battery and is a practical alternative to floor-based sit-and-reach testing for older adults. Jones, Rikli, Max and Noffa...

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The Tandem Balance Test With Eyes Closed is a narrow-base static balance assessment where the client stands heel-to-toe with visual input removed. It is more challenging than tandem stance with eyes open because the client must rely more heavily on somatosensory and vestibular...

The Tandem Balance Test measures how long a client can maintain a heel-to-toe standing position. It is more challenging than double-leg stance and less demanding than many single-leg tasks, making it useful for balance progression, foot-order comparison and older-adult balance monitoring. Your origi...

The Double-Leg Balance Eyes Closed Test assesses static standing balance without visual input. It is related to Romberg-style balance testing and sensory integration balance tasks. Romberg-style testing uses eyes-closed standing to challenge proprioceptive and vestibular contribution, but it should ...

The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) is a well-established dynamic balance assessment used to evaluate ankle control during single-leg stance. The test challenges the lower limb in three primary directions:

• Anterior (SEBT-A)
• Posteromedial (SEBT-PM)
• Posterolateral (SEBT-PL)

Because it requi...

Single-Leg Balance With Head Rotation progresses static single-leg stance by adding horizontal head turns. Direct evidence for this exact MAT test is limited, but related vestibular screening research uses standing balance tasks with yaw head rotations to increase sensory and vestibular challenge.  ...

Single-Leg Balance With Head Up/Down progresses standard single-leg balance by adding vertical head movement, also called pitch head movement. This increases the sensory and vestibular challenge because the client must maintain balance while the head moves up and down.

Direct evidence for this exac...

The Upper Quarter Y-Balance Test, often abbreviated as UQYBT or YBT-UQ, is a closed-chain upper-limb reach test performed from a push-up or modified push-up position. It measures how far the free hand can reach in the medial, superolateral and inferolateral directions while the opposite arm supports...

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The Star Excursion Sitting Test adapts star-style reach testing into a seated position. Exact peer-reviewed evidence for this specific MAT test is limited, so interpretation should be based on standardised setup, baseline comparison and related evidence from dynamic reaching a...

The Single-Leg Balance Eyes Closed Test measures how long a client can stand on one leg without visual input. It is more demanding than the eyes-open version and is closely related to the Unipedal Stance Test, which has published normative values for eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions.  

Introduc...

The Single-Leg Balance Eyes Open Test measures how long a client can stand on one leg while keeping their eyes open. It is closely related to the Unipedal Stance Test, which has published normative values for eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions across age groups and sex.  

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Single-leg...