Timed Up and Go (TUG)
Measures basic mobility and fall risk by timing a standardized sit-stand-walk-turn-sit sequence
- Highest activation tier
- Recommended
- How it is scored
- Scored in code; a stated value is compared only from the structured summary or a supplied value
- Scoring type
- questionnaire
- Care settings
- Inpatient, Outpatient
When it activates
Scribeable activates a calculator from the encounter. The Timed Up and Go (TUG) can activate when the transcript or pasted chart context documents any of these:
- Mobility assessment
- Fall risk screening
- Gait evaluation in elderly
Note-type scope: it activates on notes whose subject resolves to rehab. A note that resolves to another subject does not carry it even when the clinician's specialty matches; a note with no resolvable subject (a generic consultation) falls back to the specialty match.
Inputs the note needs
1 input. Each is resolved from the transcript, the pasted chart context and charted labs; at this calculator’s tier a missing input is never requested, and a missing required input keeps the score out of the draft.
| Input | Type | Unit / options | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time in seconds to complete TUG test | exam | seconds |
Scoring
Time (seconds) from seated to stand, walk 3m, turn, walk back, sit. Score = time in seconds.
TUG = Time in seconds to complete TUG test seconds (<10s normal, 10-19s frail-elderly normal, 20-29s impaired, ≥30s fall risk)
Interpretation
<10s: Normal. 10-19s: Normal for frail elderly. 20-29s: Impaired mobility. ≥30s: Fall risk — requires assistive device.
Evidence
Sources carried in Scribeable's citation registry for this calculator; guideline version: Podsiadlo 1991.
- Podsiadlo D, Richardson S. The timed "Up & Go": a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly personsPodsiadlo & Richardson (TUG) 1991 · 1991 · Level I · link last verified 2026-03-28
How Scribeable handles it in the note
When an encounter activates the Timed Up and Go (TUG) (its highest tier is recommended), Scribeable does not ask you for missing inputs. The score is computed in code from whatever inputs resolve from the transcript, the pasted chart context or charted labs; a computed value is written into the draft only when every required input already resolves.
The score is computed in code from the resolved inputs, not recalled by the language model. A stated Timed Up and Go (TUG) value is compared against the computed one when the draft's structured summary carries it; a disagreement found there is flagged to the second drafting pass, which is instructed to correct the score and its interpretation, unless Scribeable has supplied the computed value to that pass, in which case the value the draft writes is checked against the supplied one and a detected difference is shown beside the note for you to adjudicate rather than silently rewritten.
Classified as a risk score: activated strictly, by a documented trigger, never by a permissive reading of the encounter.
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