title: Timed Up and Go: Reference Data for Children Who Are School Age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To collect normative data for the Timed Up and Go (TUG) on a large, diverse sample of urban school children who are typically developing, accounting for age, sex, and body mass index.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical therapists administered the TUG with natural walking speeds on 1481 children (M = 635, F = 846), ages 5 to 13 years representing 29.60% whites, 24.2% Asian/Pacific Islanders, 19.7% Latino/Hispanics, 16.3% African Americans, 1.40% Native American/Alaskans, and 8.80% other.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average TUG speeds ranged from 6.20 to 7.12 seconds across all ages, with speeds decreasing from 5 to 9 years and increasing from 9 to 13 years. Differences between 8-, 9-, and 11-year-old males and females and across age groups did not exceed a clinically important threshold. Body mass index was not consistently correlated with TUG speed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides reference data on the TUG. These data should complement clinical observations and additional tests and measures to determine whether a student is functioning slower than age-matched peers.
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapy Department (Ms Itzkowitz, Dr Doyle, Ms Weingarten, Mr Lieberstein, Mr Covino, Mr Vialu), New York City Department of Education, New York, New York; Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences (Dr Kaplan), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Adina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Itzkowitz
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: Goldie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lieberstein
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Covino
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vialu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population