The Reliability and Validity of a 6-Minute Walk Test as a Measure of Physical Endurance in Older Adults

Rikli, Roberta E.; Jones, Chris

doi:10.1123/japa.6.4.363

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“…This test had been successfully used to evaluate the physical resistance of patients carrier of several clinical conditions; however, only recently it was approved for the use on healthy elderly people 19 . An outstanding increase on the aerobic resistance of the hydrogymnastics group was also observed in our study.…”

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Aptidão física relacionada à saúde de idosos: influência da hidroginástica

Alves

Mota²,

Costa

et al. 2004

Rev Bras Med Esporte

101

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Basis and objectives:The practice of physical exercises, besides avoiding idleness, contributes expressively for the maintenance of the physical fitness of the elderly. The objective of this study was to verify the effect of hydrogymnastics on the physical fitness and the elderly health. Methodology: A controlled assay on 74 elderly women with no regular physical activity was performed. A group of 37 women had two weekly hydrogymnastics classes during 3 months and other 37 women served as control. The physical fitness was evaluated though the Rikli and Jones (1999) test battery, where the following parameters were evaluated: power and resistance of the lower members (to sit down and to stand up), power and resistance of the upper members (forearm flexion), lower members flexion (at sitting position, to touch lower members), physical mobility -velocity, agility and balance (to stand up, to walk 2.44 m and to sit back down), flexibility of the upper members (reading up the back with hands) and aerobic resistance (6-minute walk). The test battery was applied before the beginning of classes and at the end of the program 3 months later. The groups had similar behavior with regard to age, IMC, familiar income and educational level. Results: During the three months, 30 women of each group were followed, sampling loss of 18.9%. In the hydrogymnastics group, a better performance in all post-tests was observed, when compared to results of the own group in the pre-test and to the control group in the post-test (p < 0.05). Conclusion: One concludes that the practice of hydrogymnas-

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aptidão física relacionada à saúde de idosos: influência da hidroginástica

Alves

Mota²,

Costa

et al. 2004

Rev Bras Med Esporte

101

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“…The scoring requires that participants check one of three responses associated with each of the 12-items: can do (score=2), can do with help (score=1), or cannot do (score=0). Scores are thereafter summed with a potential range of scores between 0 and 24 (Rikli and Jones 1998;Rikli and Jones 2013). The age-adjusted scoring option for defining moderate functioning that reflects projected ability for physical independence at age 90 years, rather than current ability to function independently, as previously proposed, was used.…”

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Breaking-up sedentary time is associated with impairment in activities of daily living

Sardinha

Ekelund

Santos

et al. 2015

Experimental Gerontology

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This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Sardinha, L. B., Ekelund, U., dos Santos, L., Cyrino, E. S., Silva, A. M., Santos, D. (2015). AbstractIdentifying modifiable behaviours associated with prevention of activities of daily living (ADL) impairments is vital to implement preventive strategies for independent living in elderly. We aimed to examine the associations between objectively measured breaks in sedentary time with ADL impairments and physical independence. Cross-sectional assessments were carried out in 371 participants (131 male) aged 65-103 years from the Portuguese surveillance system of physical activity. Physical Activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) were assessed with accelerometry, and ADL impairments and physical independence with the self-reported 12-item composite physical function scale. Using ROC analyses a cut-off of 7 hourly breaks in sedentary time was identified which maximized the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing physical dependence. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that, independently of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), participants performing ≤7 hourly breaks in sedentary time had 2 to 7 fold increased odds for impairment in 10 of the 12 ADL. When stratifying ADL into basic, instrumental and advanced ADL we verified that less than 7 hourly breaks in sedentary time was associated (p<0.05) with a 2 to 5 fold increased odds for impairments and physical dependence, independent of MVPA. No associations (p>0.05) were observed between meeting PA guidelines and basic, instrumental, and advanced ADL impairment although time in MVPA was lower (p<0.05) in participants showing impairments. In conclusion, the frequency of breaks in sedentary time in older ages is independently associated with lower risk for ADL impairments and physical dependence. Our findings support interventions to encourage older adults to increase overall PA by interrupting sedentary time.

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“…CRF was determined using a submaximal exercise test, which could have over/ underestimated our results. However, this test is considered a valid option to estimate CRF specifically in elderly subjects that were not recommended to be exposed to a maximal effort 37 . Both non-central and central obesity groups with lower CRF had an insufficient number of participants (n=25 and 24, respectively) in our final regression analysis, not allowing consistent results to be drawn about these specific groups.…”

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confidence: 99%