What standing on 1 leg says about your health. In a new study just released in PLOS One, researchers recruited healthy adults ...

Standing on one leg can train the body to coordinate muscle and vestibular responses to keep our bodies in correct balance, according to Kaufman. “If you don’t use it, you lose it. If you use ...

Simplest way of tracking ageing. An easy balance test while standing on one leg is a surprising method for tracking ageing. According to the study, among healthy adults over the age of 50, the ...

If you can stand on one leg for 30 seconds, you are doing well, he says. “In our group of people over age 65, they averaged 11 seconds. The number that causes concern would be below five seconds.

FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- There's a simple test available to seniors who want to quickly check how well they’re aging: see how long you can stand on one leg.

Kaufman says that as long as you can manage to stand upright on one leg for 30 seconds, you’re doing alright. But if that isn’t the case or you’re simply looking to keep your stability up, ...

Standing on one leg “is a good measure of your overall health system because balance reflects how the body’s systems are working together,” said senior author Dr. Kenton Kaufman, a research ...

Standing on one leg seems like a simple enough task. But — as anyone who has wobbled their way through it or crashed out in a yoga class while attempting a tree pose can tell you — it can be ...

If you can stand on one leg for 30 seconds, you are doing well,' Dr. Kaufman said in the statement from Mayo Clinic. 'If you don’t use it, you lose it. If you use it, you maintain it,' Dr ...

If you can stand on one leg for 30 seconds, you are doing well,” Dr. Kaufman said in the statement from Mayo Clinic. “If you don’t use it, you lose it.