Being able to stand on one foot might just be a way of predicting how long people will live, especially the elderly. According to a report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, people who failed a test standing on one foot lasting 10 seconds were almost twice as likely to die in the next 10 years.
If you want to better understand how standing on one foot can indicate how long you will live, just continue reading this article.
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Unlike aerobic fitness, flexibility and muscle strength, balance tends to be maintained until the sixth decade of life before it starts to decline sharply, according to researchers Brazilians. However, the exact reason why loss of balance can predict a person's risk of death is still unknown.
However, what is known is that poor balance and lack of musculoskeletal fitness may be linked to frailty in older people. The risk of serious fractures and other related complications is very high for seniors who fall. So this could play a role in the higher risk of mortality.
A useful way to assess someone's risk of falling is to check their balance on one foot, even for a few seconds. According to a 2019 report, there were more deaths from falls among people age 75 and older in the US. After all, there are several situations in which we need to keep one foot on the ground, when getting out of a vehicle, going up or down a ladder or escalator, among other situations.
The result of the research, with about 1,702 participants between 51 and 75 years old, was that after accounting for factors such as age, gender, BMI, history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, the 10-year risk of death was 1.84 times greater in those who failed the test balance.
