Height-Adjusted, Rate-Specific, Single-Stage Step Test for Predicting Maximal Oxygen Consumption

Francis, Kennon; Culpepper, M. I.

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“…The rate of effort arises when the person performing the task in bench between 40 and 50 cm, a height which produces an angle of bending the knee articulation of 47-60º (thigh to the lower leg) 13,14 . It is emphasized that exceed the angle of 90º of the bending of the knee moving climb and descent, as well as to hinder the action biomechanics, exposes the individual to a higher risk of injury.…”

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“…It is emphasized that exceed the angle of 90º of the bending of the knee moving climb and descent, as well as to hinder the action biomechanics, exposes the individual to a higher risk of injury. Studies were based on tuning the height of the bench to better angulation of the knee in the movement to climb and descent, indicating that they ergometer must be adjusted to the size of the individual corporal closer 14,15,16 . The biomechanical effi ciency and work require compensation for the anatomical differences between the heights of individuals 13 .…”

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Cardiac frequency and blood pressure in different loads in the Cirilo´s ergometer step test in active women

Sousa¹

2007

Fit Per J

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Introduction: HR and BP have been studied in the prediction of the physical performance. The objective of this work is to analyse the behavior of HR and BP in different loads in the step test Cirilo Protocol. Methodology: It is about an applied research, transversal, with 30 active women, according to norms of the ACSM, with age average 22.8+2.8 years, submitted to the anthropometrics tests, cardiorespiratory in Electronic Step Test Cirilo´s and hemodynamics. The statistical program SPSS 13.0 for average, deviation standard, minimum, maximum, correlation "r" of Pearson, "t" of Student, Qui-square of Friedman, level of signifi cance of 5% was used. Results: The HR fi nal defi ned the test as sub-maximum. The values in the load for 4 minutes: HR max 179.40+6.58bfm, the SBP 132.00+13.04mmHg, the DBP 61.00+11.40mmHg. The SBP of the load for 3 rd min. 136.00+11.40mmHg and the DBP for the load 1 st min 62.00+4.47 mmHg was bigger. The Friedman´s test found p=0.05 for RT loads, SBP and DBP from the 1 st to 4 th min. and the "t" of Student between the RT of 1 st to 4 th min. (p=0.003). Conclusion: The behavior of the HR and the BP in different loads in step test under the Protocol of Cirilo of gradual form with daily intervals, in accordance with presents different the time of execution of the test indicating that it has alterations of the hemodynamics variables, and the HR increases in agreement the load linearly and SBP and DBP vary between 1 st and 4 th min.

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Cardiac frequency and blood pressure in different loads in the Cirilo´s ergometer step test in active women

Sousa¹

2007

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“…When using the original version of the Harvard (Brouha, 1943) test, various authors have expressed concern about choice of an appropriate step height, even in adults (Culpepper and Francis, 1987;Datta etal, 1974;Francis and Brasher, 1992;Tuxworth and Shahnawaz, 1977). However, the subject's score on the standard CHFT is independent of leg length over a wide range, from 0.75 to 1.01 m (Thomas etal, 1993) or 30 to 50% of leg length (Cicutti et al, 1991).…”

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Current status of the step test in field evaluation of aerobic fitness: The Canadian home fitness test and its analogues

Shephard

1995

Sports Medicine, Training and Rehabilitation

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“…The subjects report that the stool height and the stepping cadence of HST are very high which hinder the comfortable lifting up and pulling down their legs during the stepping process and that leads to onset of premature fatigue in their legs. The biomechanical effi ciency and work rate is determined by the step height (Francis and Brasher 1992). The HST was designed on the Western population whose stature and knee height are generally higher than those of the populations of Eastern countries like India.…”

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Queen's College Step Test as an Alternative of Harvard Step Test in Young Indian Women

Bandyopadhyay

2008

Int. J. Sport Health Sci.

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Indian women often report premature exhaustion in the lower limb while performing the Harvard step test (HST) for measurement of physical fi tness index (PFI) whereas they can easily perform the Queen's college step test (QCT). 155 sedentary females of 19-24 years were selected for the study from Institute of Dental Sciences, UP, India to evaluate the applicability of QCT as an alternative of HST. They were divided into study group (n=100) and confi rmatory group (n=55). All subjects performed QCT comfortably but 35 (20 from study group and 15 from confi rmatory group) of them could not properly perform the HST due to premature fatigue in their legs and therefore these 35 subjects were discarded from the study. Existence of signifi cant correlation (r =-0.90, P<0.001) between PFI and QCT heart rate depicted the following prediction norm for PFI from QCT heart rate : Y = 195.06 -3.09 X (SEE = 3.09). Prediction of PFI by this norm in the confi rmatory group showed insignifi cant variation with the directly measured value from the HST. Bland and Altman's analysis also indicated that QCT norm predicts the PFI with 95% confi dence interval. Moreover, QCT is easy to perform and the derived norm from QCT predicted the PFI score with substantially small standard error of estimate. Therefore, QCT is recommended as a valid and authentic test for evaluating PFI in young sedentary females of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Height-Adjusted, Rate-Specific, Single-Stage Step Test for Predicting Maximal Oxygen Consumption

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Cardiac frequency and blood pressure in different loads in the Cirilo´s ergometer step test in active women

Cardiac frequency and blood pressure in different loads in the Cirilo´s ergometer step test in active women

Current status of the step test in field evaluation of aerobic fitness: The Canadian home fitness test and its analogues

Queen's College Step Test as an Alternative of Harvard Step Test in Young Indian Women

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