Welcome to the CS-PFP website. We are excited about the recognition of the CS-PFP as a useful functional assessment for use by clinicians, medical scientists and retirement home staff.  On this website, you’ll find information about training sessions, a newsletter and a variety of publications. Please feel free to contact Dr. Elaine Cress if you have questions or do not find the information you need.

The Continuous Scale Physical Functional Performance (CS-PFP), and its shorter version the Continuous Scale Physical Functional Performance – 10 (CS-PFP10), are valid, reliable, and sensitive measures of physical function.  The test includes functional measures of tasks typically required for independent living.  Tasks are quantified by time, weight and distance.  The composite scores include a total physical functional performance score and summary scores for 5 domains. Check out the rest of the CS-PFP overview

Developed with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, the CS-PFP has been validated against physiological capacity measures and is predictive of living status.  It is used in rehabilitation facilities, research laboratories, and retirement communities to assess function in older adults, people with chronic diseases (Parkinson’s Disease, fibromyalgia, low back pain) and those recovering from acute conditions (e.g. hip fracture repair, total knee replacement, stroke).  The CS-PFP has also been used effectively as an evaluation tool for program efficacy