Variable Height Step Test Provides Reliable Heart Rate Values during Virtual Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing

Autor/inn/en	Matthews, Evan L.; Horvat, Fiona M.; Phillips, David A.
Titel	Variable Height Step Test Provides Reliable Heart Rate Values during Virtual Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing
Quelle	In: Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 26 (2022) 2, S.155-164 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1091-367X
DOI	10.1080/1091367X.2021.1964507
Schlagwörter	Physical Fitness; Metabolism; Tests; Measurement; Physical Activities; Exercise Physiology; Family Environment; Correlation; Reliability; Videoconferencing; Medical Evaluation; Comparative Analysis; Screening Tests; Physician Patient Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsfähigkeit; Stoffwechsel; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Messverfahren; Sportphysiologie; Familienmilieu; Korrelation; Reliabilität; Screening-Verfahren; Arzt-Patient-Beziehung
Abstract	The YMCA step test uses a prescribed step height which is difficult in a telehealth setting. Examine a modification of the YMCA step test allowing for the use of preexisting in-home objects of variable height as the "step" in a virtual environment. Young healthy participants (n = 40) performed step tests with a small and large object of their choosing within their home in a randomized cross-over study. The stepping frequency was modified for each step height using an established metabolic formula to match estimated exercising VO[subscript 2] of the YMCA step test. Post-exercise self-palpated heart rate from the small (average 101 ± 23 BPM) vs large (103 ± 23 BPM) step tests were correlated (r = 0.865, p < 0.001) with good reliability (ICC = 0.865) and within-participant coefficient of variation of 6.8%. Modifying step frequency to account for the varying heights of objects used as "steps" results in reliable heart rate responses to the YMCA step test. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01