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• Data on age-related norms as you were. For this test you walk for six min-
• Has potential to predict future health status utes and we measure how far you walk. There is
and functional decline including: a scale that will show where you score, based
– Hospitalization and discharge location upon your age.
– Mortality
This is a standardized test that measures en- The second part of Polly’s presentation will be pub-
durance. Cardiovascular endurance is one of the lished in the Winter 2013-14 issue of Generations
components that we definitely see in the popu- and will include a description of exercises with com-
lation of ataxic patients. If you are affected it is plete instructions for a 60-minute physical therapy
usually because you are not as active or as mobile session.
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