Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test



The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test is a measurement of mobility. It includes a number of tasks such as standing from a seating position, walking, turning, stopping, and sitting down which are all important tasks needed for a person to be independently mobile.

• Begin the test with the subject sitting correctly in a chair with arms, the subject’s back should resting on the back of the chair.
• Place a piece of tape or other marker on the floor 3 meters away from the chair
• Instructions : “On the word GO you will stand up, walk to the line on the floor, turn around and walk back to the chair and sit down. Walk at your regular pace.
• Start timing on the word “GO” and stop timing when the subject is seated
• Subject may use any gait aid, but may not be assisted by another person. There is no time limit. They may stop and rest (but not sit down)
• Subject should be given a practice trial that is not timed before testing.

• The patient is directed to one end of a clearly marked 25-foot course and is instructed to walk 25 feet as quickly as possible, but safely.
• The time is calculated from the initiation of the instruction to start and ends when the patient has reached the 25-foot mark.
• Task is immediately administered again by having the patient walk back the same distance.
• Patients may use assistive devices when doing this task.

• The 9-HPT is a brief, standardized, quantitative test of upper extremity function.
• Both the dominant and non-dominant hands are tested twice consecutively.
• The patient is seated at a table with a small, shallow container holding nine pegs and a wood or plastic block containing nine empty holes.
• The stopwatch is started, when the patient picks up the first peg. The patient places nine pegs one at a time as quickly as possible, puts them in the nine holes, and, once they are in the holes, removes them again as quickly as possible one at a time.

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