Abstract
So far, the assessment of aging process has been studied in various methods. As one of them, Hinohara devised a simple one assessing of balance ability named “Single-foot standing test with eyes closed”. We write down its method and the result as follows.
THE METHOD: To make the exminee stand up on one foot, to make him close his eyes and to time how long can he keep standing balanced. To try the same test to both feet alternately and to count out the average time by second. The average time of ten seconds do not require further test.
THE EXAMINEE: The number of the examinees is 756 (M: 523, F: 233) and they are apparently healthy persons of third to nineth decades, and who are living ordinary social lives.
THE RESULT: For both sexes over 40-year-old, the time of “Single-foot standing test with eyes closed” gets shorter with aging and it does not depend on neither the height nor the sport of the examinee. According to the “Single-foot standing test with eyes closed”, the balance ability of over 40-year-old persons descend with aging and the descending rate for women is less than that for men. From the above, our test can be recognized as one method assessing the aging process and the result told us that women is slower of aging than men.
