Claudio Gil Araújo

CLINIMEX (Rio de Janeiro – Brazil) has published several articles attracting media attention.
ALTMETRIC of Eur J Prev Cardiol (11Nov2025), shows that only our group has 2 research papers among Top 20 (ranks #7 & 20), and, by far, the most read paper (>47k views) in the last 12 months

Quick Takes: Claudio Gil Araújo on the Sitting-Rising Test and CV Mortality This simple metric likely captures a person’s flexibility and balance, providing valuable insights to physicians, says Claudio Gil Araújo.

In a 10-min oral communication medical congress style, I am presenting our most recent study relating low SRT scores with higher mortality. A video produced by @TCTMD

Quick Takes: Claudio Gil Araújo on the Sitting-Rising Test and CV Mortality www.tctmd.com/videos/quick...

Where Do You Stand on the Sitting-Rising Test? Dr Claudio Gil S. Araújo responds to Medscape reader comments about the sitting-rising test.

A recent Medscape story about our article with the sitting-rising test & mortality attracted considerable attention and generated several interesting comments. At Medscape’s invitation, I replied to these comments and added extra information.
@MedscapeIM

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Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women To assess whether muscle power (force times velocity) outperforms strength as a risk indicator and predictor of mortality.

Our CLINIMEX Exercise cohort study indicating that muscle power outperforms strength in predicting mortality in middle-aged and older men and women is now appearing in final printed version – Volume 100/August Mayo Clin Proceed. www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality AbstractBackground. While cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly related to survival, there are limited data regarding musculoskeletal fitness indicators. O

Our latest study with the sitting-rising test (SRT) is an extended and updated version of our 2012's study published in the same journal.
The full text PDF of this 2012's article is currently free access in the journal's website.
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/artic...

YouTube video by Clinimex Clínica de Medicina do Exercício CLINIMEX: Sitting-rising test (SRT) - an updated 2025 video

A 3-min video explaining and demonstrating SRT is also freely available in our Youtube channel
youtu.be/wfodHY9wucs

Sitting–rising test scores predict natural and cardiovascular causes of deaths in middle-aged and older men and women AbstractAims. In a previous study, the ability to sit and rise from the floor was associated with all-cause mortality. Now, we aim to assess whether sittin

Thanks for posting on our sitting-rising test. You may find interesting to know that we have just published (online first in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology in June 18th) an update and extended version of 2012 study.
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Interestingly, the sitting-rising test (SRT) scores diminish with aging but don't differ by sex at similar age, differently than about all fitness tests. Why? Men are better in muscle power/strength and women are more flexible, balancing SRT results
#fitness #health #physicalactivity #sportsmedicine

Teste de sentar-levantar: apresentação de um procedimento para avaliação em Medicina do Exercício e do Esporte A prática regular de atividade física é associada a maior quantidade e qualidade de vida da...

Claudio Gil Araújo
I have been asked when was the sitting-rising test (SRT) (to assess non-aerobic fitness) – first proposed? I created the SRT in the late 90’s and its formal introductory publication occurred in October 1999 (in Portuguese w/ abstract in English)
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Sitting–rising test: Sex- and age-reference scores derived from 6141 adults - Claudio Gil S Araújo, Claudia Lucia B Castro, João Felipe C Franca, Denise SMS Araújo, 2020

Eric, I am honored with your post about our newest research study with the sitting-rising test (I created it in 1999), relating low scores with higher mortality in middle-aged and older men and women. SRT sex- and age-reference values are available (2020) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

YouTube video by Clinimex Clínica de Medicina do Exercício CLINIMEX: Sitting-rising test (SRT) - an updated 2025 video

Are you already utilizing the sitting-rising test (SRT) in your professional practice?
youtu.be/wfodHY9wucs
To learn more about SRT, Please watch this 3-min CLINIMEX video. Feel free to “print screen’ SRT instructions & information for further consultation
Comments are welcome

YouTube video by Clinimex Clínica de Medicina do Exercício CLINIMEX: Sitting-rising test (SRT) - an updated 2025 video

I was pleased in being interviewed by Laura McKeown (TCTMD) about my newest research study linking low sitting-rising scores (SRT) to higher mortality. For a 3-min Youtube video demonstrating and explaining SRT, access youtu.be/wfodHY9wucs

Sitting–rising test scores predict natural and cardiovascular causes of deaths in middle-aged and older men and women AbstractAims. In a previous study, the ability to sit and rise from the floor was associated with all-cause mortality. Now, we aim to assess whether sittin

SITTING-RISING TEST: a 2025 updated and extended study. The ability to sit & rise from the floor is associated with cardiovascular and natural causes of deaths in 46-75 y-o men and women. To full text PDF free access Eur J Prev Cardiol.
Comments arte warmly welcome
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NEWS EMBARGO AGAIN!
Our newest original article - data from the CLINIMEX Exercise cohort - is under news embargo until June 18th 2025, noon BST. Once published, as an “advance articles” in Eur J Prev Cardiol @EJPCEiC, I will post the link here.
A spoiler ... the study used the sitting-rising test

YouTube video by Clinimex Clínica de Medicina do Exercício CLINIMEX: Exercise Medicine Assessments - health check & aerobic/non-aerobic fitness testing

CLINIMEX - Exercise Medicine Clinic - presents a comprehensive medical and functional evaluation protocol checking health and assessing aerobic (maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test) and non-aerobic fitness (sitting-rising test, Flexitest etc).
Check out our short demo video
youtu.be/n2YL4QY-lU8

Alongar é preciso: por que os exercícios de flexibilidade podem fazer toda a diferença Ignorados até por quem pratica esportes, eles podem prevenir dissabores em meio a uma vida entre telas

Em matéria à revista semanal VEJA, o Dr. Claudio Gil fala sobre flexibilidade, como avaliá-la através do FLEXITESTE, e sobre sua importância para a longevidade, tema de um estudo recente que gerou grande interesse na mídia nacional e internacional.
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The power secret: simple, everyday moves you need for a healthier and happier life From preventing serious falls to being able to walk up stairs, it’s power – or how you use your strength – that will bring quality of life as you age

A nice and well-written The Guardian's story (journalist Joel Snape) about the relevance of muscle power for health mentioning our recent study published in Mayo Clin Proceed
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
@theguardian.com @clinimex.bsky.social

Thanks for commenting in our epidemiological research study using data from the CLINIMEX Exercise cohort. We have other studies, including a recent one in Mayo Clin Proceed (article in press) that may interest you. You may search by Araujo CG in PubMed.

YouTube video by Clinimex Clínica de Medicina do Exercício CLINIMEX: Muscle matters - discussing terminology: sarcopenia, dynapenia, muscle power etc

For more information and some practical hints in this topic, please watch this 2-min video
youtu.be/UEMz9TdQAkA

Our editorial calling the attention for the need to differentiate sarcopenia and dynapenia for a better prescription of resistance training is now freely available in the printed June 2025 issue of Journal of Aging Physical Activity
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YouTube video by Mayo Proceedings Muscle Power Outperforms Strength as Predictor of Mortality

Thanks Geoff Power for posting in our most recent study using the CLINIMEX Exercise cohort (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Here is the lynk for a Mayo Clin Proceed video with more details about the study. I commented on our sitting-rising test to indirectly assess muscle power.
youtu.be/EYXwHzK6VuU?...

YouTube video by Mayo Proceedings Muscle Power Outperforms Strength as Predictor of Mortality

Thanks Geoff Power for posting in our most recent study using the CLINIMEX Exercise cohort (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Here is the lynk for a Mayo Clin Proceed video with more details about the study. I commented on our sitting-rising test to indirectly assess muscle power.
youtu.be/EYXwHzK6VuU?...

A new CLINIMEX study is being published in Mayo Clin Proc (April 30, 2025). Data from 3,899 middle-aged and older men and women indicates that muscle power outperforms strength in predicting mortality. @MayoProceedings t.co/fETF7pmLuS

Paris, Saturday, Sep 7th, I watch (12 continuous hours) Brazil won 16 medals (6 gold!), in several sports (Track & field, swimming, canoeing, judo and power lifting), and its best day ever in the history of Paralympic Games.
What a fantastic sport day!

Sitting-rising test: Sex- and age-reference scores derived from 6141 adults - PubMed Sitting-rising test: Sex- and age-reference scores derived from 6141 adults

Do you know the sitting-rising test (SRT)? In 90's, I proposed SRT as a tool for the assessment of non-aerobic physical fitness. Ability to sit and rise from the floor is scored 0 to 10. For knowing more, read at
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31039614/

Flexiteste é um método para a avaliação da mobilidade articular passiva máxima em 20 movimentos de 7 articulações corporais, cada um deles avaliado em uma escala de 0 a 4, proposto por mim no final dos anos 70. O Flexíndice, soma os escores dos 20 movimentos e varia de 0 a 80 pontos.

Sharing our research study using CLINIMEX Exercise cohort data. It is the 1st study to indicate that reduced body flexibility, as passively evaluated by the Flexitest's 20 joint movements, is associated with a poor survival in 46-65-year-old men and women
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