A smart chair that measures how fast someone stands up and sits down five times gives slightly different times than when a person uses a stopwatch — on average, it records about 2.7 seconds faster, which could matter in real medical checkups.

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Sensor-Integrated Chairs for Lower Body Strength and Endurance Assessment

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2024 Jan 25

The study tested a smart chair for a different version of the sit-to-stand test than the one in the claim, so it doesn't show whether the timing difference mentioned is accurate.

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Sensor-Integrated Chairs for Lower Body Strength and Endurance Assessment

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DOI: 10.3390/s24030788

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