Rise up to live longer: the impact of body flexibility on longevity

Rise up to live longer: The impact of body flexibility on longevity

Dr. Araújo is visiting us from Brazil, and we are happy to invite you to join us on a casual "Dine & Learn" event, organized by the Singaporean Society of Lifestyle Medicine, to hear more about his work. His research focuses on physical fitness assessments and their implications for health and longevity. Notably, he developed the Sitting-Rising Test (SRT), a simple method to evaluate musculoskeletal fitness, which has been shown to predict all-cause mortality risk. In addition to the SRT, Dr. Araújo has investigated the association between balance and mortality. His research demonstrated that the inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds in mid to later life is linked to a near doubling of the risk of death from any cause within the next decade.

Bonus: Learn his 5-minute protocol for assessing non-aerobic and aerobic fitness applied to Lifestyle Medicine practice!

How it works: This is a free event, open to all professionals interested in physical health. You may order delicious plant-based food and drinks from WellSmoocht to be consumed during or after the event (at your own cost). Places are limited. Please RSVP to reserve your seat!!

About the Speaker:

Dr Claudio Gil Araújo (MD, PhD) is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician and Dean of Research and Education practicing at CLINIMEX, an Exercise and Sport Medicine Clinic in Brazil. He has more than 45 years of dinical and practical experience in evaluating athletes of all levels of proficiency and age groups. He conducted more than 200 lectures in over 30 different countries, including the most important scientific meetings in Sports Medicine, Cardiac Rehabilitation/Preventive Cardiology and is known for developing the Sitting-Rising Test (SRT) which assesses flexibility, strength and balance in individuals.

Selected Publications:

Araujo CG, de Souza e Silva CG, Laukkanen JA, et al. Successful 10-second one-legged stance performance predicts survival in middle-aged and older individuals. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022; 56:975-980. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/17/975.long

Leonardo Barbosa Barreto de Brito, Djalma Rabelo Ricardo, Denise Sardinha Mendes Soares de Araújo, Plínio Santos Ramos, Jonathan Myers, Claudio Gil Soares de Araújo, Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 21, Issue 7, 1 July 2014, Pages 892–898, https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487312471759

Araújo, C., de Souza e Silva, C., Kunutsor, S., Franklin, B., Laukkanen, J., Myers, J., Fiatarone Singh, M., Franca, J. and Castro, C. (2024), Reduced Body Flexibility Is Associated With Poor Survival in Middle-Aged Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 34: e14708. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14708