66217-1
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 66217-1 | ||
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| name | |||
| description | The "8-Foot Up and Go" (8UG) test measures dynamic balance and agility and is the time elapsed from a patient standing up from a chair, walking 8 feet to and around a cone (or other marker), walking back to the chair, and sitting down again in the shortest time possible.[https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.7.2.129] The 8UG, is a modified version of the "Timed Up-and-Go" (TUG) [LOINC: 89423-8], which is a modified version of the "Get-Up and Go" (GUG). TUG and 8UG are timed whereas GUG is scored on an ordinal 5 point scale. [PMID: 1991946] | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Time to rise from chair, walk 8 feet and back, and return to sitting | ||
| property | Time = Time Duration | ||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||
| system | ^Patient | ||
| scale | Qn = Quantitative: The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256 | ||
| method | 8UG | ||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | 8-Foot Up and Go; H+P; H+P.PX; P prime; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Time rise, walk 8ft, return sitting | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | H&P.PX | ||
| type | 2 Clinical | ||
| order vs. observation | Time rise, walk | ||
| example UCUM units | s The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | ||
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History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.67 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
| change reason | s | ||
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