Adapted Chester Step Test Can Have Maximal Response Characteristics for the Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Young Women
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, Recruitment, and Study Criteria
2.2. Measures
2.3. The Adapted Chester Step Test and the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test
2.4. Measurements during the Adapted Chester Step Test Step and the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test
2.5. Data, Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Performance and Maximal Effort Attainment of adapted Chester Step Test and Incremental Shuttle Walk Test
3.2. Correlations between the Tests and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Values
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Young Women Mean ± SD |
---|---|
Age (years) | 20.3 ± 1.5 |
Body mass (kg) | 61.7 ± 9.7 |
Height (m) | 1.7 ± 0.1 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.4 ± 2.6 |
Total fat mass (%) | 25.4 ± 6.2 |
Lean mass (kg) | 43.3 ± 3.9 |
Adapted Chester Step Test | Best Test Mean ± SD | Test 1 Mean ± SD | Test 2 Mean ± SD | p Value between Test 1 and Test 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Performance | ||||
Number of steps Total test time test (minutes) | 602.8 ± 103.3 | 602.8 ± 103.3 | 523.5 ± 87.9 | <0.001 |
23.0 ± 2.8 | 23.0 ± 2.8 | 21.2 ± 2.5 | <0.001 | |
Level reached | 11.2 ± 1.4 | 11.2 ± 1.4 | 10.3 ± 1.3 | <0.001 |
Maximal effort variables | ||||
HRmax (% predicted) | 94.0 ± 6.5 | 94.0 ± 6.5 | 91.1 ± 6.0 | 0.001 |
HRmax (bpm) | 187.7 ± 13.0 | 187.7 ± 13.0 | 182.0 ± 12.3 | 0.001 |
Blood lactate (mmol/dl) | 11.3 ± 4.5 | 11.3 ± 4.5 | 10.0 ± 4.5 | 0.236 |
Borg rating | 18.4 ± 1.5 | 18.4 ± 1.5 | 17.9 ± 1.9 | 0.103 |
Incremental Shuttle Walk Test | Best test Mean ± SD | Test 1 Mean ± SD | Test 2 Mean ± SD | pValue between Test 1 and Test 2 |
Performance | ||||
Distance (m) | 1066.2 ± 149.9 | 1059.9 ± 137.1 | 1011.0 ± 136.5 | <0.001 |
Total test time test (minutes) | 12.2 ± 1.0 | 12.1 ± 1.0 | 11.9 ± 0.9 | <0.001 |
Level reached | 11.8 ± 1.0 | 11.8 ± 1.1 | 11.6 ± 0.9 | 0.06 |
Maximal effort variables | ||||
HRmax (% predicted) | 97.6 ± 3.6 * | 97.4 ± 3.8 * | 96.6 ± 3.3 * | 0.06 |
HRmax (bpm) | 194.9 ± 7.2 * | 194.4 ± 7.6 * | 193.0 ± 6.7 * | 0.06 |
Blood lactate (mmol/dl) | 9.0 ± 3.0 * | 8.9 ± 3.1 * | 8.9 ± 3.5 | 0.898 |
Borg rating | 18.0 ± 1.4 | 18.0 ± 1.5 | 17.2 ± 1.9 | 0.08 |
Variables | r | p Value |
---|---|---|
aCST number of steps and ISWT distance | 0.40 | 0.04 |
aCST level reached and ISWT distance | 0.55 | 0.005 |
aCST number of steps and ISWT level | 0.38 | 0.04 |
aCST level reached and ISWT level | 0.51 | 0.01 |
Variables | ICC2,1 (95% CI) | SEM | SEM (%) | SRD | SRD (%) |
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Adapted Chester Step Test | |||||
Number of steps | 0.48 (0.03 to 0.76) * | 72.3 | 12.8 | 200.4 | 35.6 |
Total test time (min) | 0.61 (0.04 to 0.85) * | 1.7 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 21.3 |
Incremental Shuttle Walk Test | |||||
Distance (m) | 0.90 (0.27 to 0.97) * | 42.7 | 4.1 | 118.4 | 11.4 |
Total test time (min) | 0.87 (0.50 to 0.96) * | 0.33 | 2.8 | 0.91 | 7.6 |
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Vilarinho, R.; Mendes, A.R.; Gomes, M.; Ferreira, R.; Costa, F.; Machado, M.; Neves, M.; Caneiras, C.; Montes, A.M. Adapted Chester Step Test Can Have Maximal Response Characteristics for the Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Young Women. Healthcare 2021, 9, 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030308
Vilarinho R, Mendes AR, Gomes M, Ferreira R, Costa F, Machado M, Neves M, Caneiras C, Montes AM. Adapted Chester Step Test Can Have Maximal Response Characteristics for the Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Young Women. Healthcare. 2021; 9(3):308. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030308
Chicago/Turabian StyleVilarinho, Rui, Ana Rita Mendes, Mariana Gomes, Rui Ferreira, Fabíola Costa, Marcela Machado, Márcia Neves, Cátia Caneiras, and António Mesquita Montes. 2021. "Adapted Chester Step Test Can Have Maximal Response Characteristics for the Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Young Women" Healthcare 9, no. 3: 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030308