Each test item has accompanying
performance standards for men and
women ages 60 to 94-plus based on a
national study of more than 7,000
Americans (Rikli and Jones, 1999b).
Additionally, the SFT provides threshold
values on each test item (criterionreference
points) that help to identify if
an older adult is at risk for mobility loss
(Rikli and Jones, 2001).