The Unsupported Upper Limb Exercise Test in People Without Disabilities: Assessing the Within-Day Test–Retest Reliability and the Effects of Age and Gender

Oliveira, Ana; Cruz, Joana; Jácome, Cristina; Marques, Alda

doi:10.3138/ptc.2016-42

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“…Regarding the UULEX, similar to walking tests and previous research [9], participants over 50 years of age performed significantly worse than younger people. Evidence suggests that the aging process can decrease muscular functional performance, leading to worse performance of daily living activities involving the upper limbs [46].…”

Section: Reliability Of Equationsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Field tests, including the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and the unsupported upper limb exercise test (UULEX), have emerged as suitable alternatives to assess CRF [8,9]. The 6MWT and ISWT are frequently used in clinical practice to assess exercise capacity in patients with chronic diseases [10].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All three of these field tests have been shown to be reliable, valid and responsive measures of exercise capacity in healthy people [9,13,14] and in people with chronic diseases [8,12,15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Age, gender, weight, height, BMI, smoking status and PA were selected as independent variables in the equations developed because they are simple to collect in clinical practice and have been associated with general exercise capacity [29], or specifically with the 6MWT, ISWT or UULEX (e.g. age, gender, weight, height, BMI and PA) [9,10].…”

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Enhancing the assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness using field tests

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Objective To establish normative values and reference equations of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and unsupported upper limb exercise test (UULEX) for Portuguese adults. 2 Design Cross-sectional study. Descriptive statistics and differences between age decades and genders were explored using univariate general linear models to compute reference values. Reference equations were established with a forward stepwise multiple regression. Setting General community. Participants In total, 645 adult volunteers without disabilities [43% male, mean age 55.1 (standard deviation 23.6) years] were recruited from the university campus and surrounding community. Intervention Not applicable. Main outcome measures Data on age, gender, height, weight, body mass index and smoking status were collected using a structured questionnaire. Physical activity was evaluated using the Brief Physical Activity Assessment Tool. Participants performed two repetitions of the 6MWT, ISWT and UULEX, and the best repetition was used for analysis. Results Overall, performance was better in males than in females, and decreased with age. Participants' performance was significantly reduced after the sixth decade of life compared with the other decades (P<0.001). Reference equations were: 6MWT=226.93-(5.00×age)+(360.41×height), R 2 =71%; ISWT=393.81-(17.98×age)+(185.64×gender)+(775.88×height), R 2 =83%; and UULEX=16.71-(0.14×age)+(2.66×gender), R 2 =57%. Conclusion Leg or arm exercise field tests are affected significantly by age and gender. These results will aid health professionals to interpret the results of field tests obtained from healthy or diseased adult populations.

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Section: Reliability Of Equationsupporting

confidence: 82%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Accepted M M a N U mentioning

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“…This value was chosen because the mean test duration was 14.21 min in a previous study of healthy individuals. (22) The outcome measure was the maximum time (in min) to completion of the test, that is, a longer time equals a better result.…”

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Reference values for the Unsupported Upper Limb Exercise test in healthy adults in Brazil

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Objective: To establish reference values for the Unsupported Upper Limb EXercise (UULEX) test, which measures peak arm exercise capacity, in healthy adults in Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, involving presumably healthy individuals ≥ 30 years of age who completed questionnaires and underwent spirometry. All of the individuals underwent two UULEX tests 30-min apart. The outcome measure was the maximum time (in min) to completion of the test. Results: We included 100 individuals between 30 and 80 years of age. The mean test completion time was 11.99 ± 1.90 min among the women and 12.89 ± 2.15 min among the men (p = 0.03). The test completion time showed statistically significant correlations with age (r = −0.48; p < 0.001), gender (r = 0.28; p = 0.004), body mass index (BMI, r = −0.20; p = 0.05), and height (r = 0.28; p = 0.005). Linear regression analysis showed that the predictors of UULEX completion time were age (p = 0.000), BMI (p = 0.003), and gender (p = 0.019), which collectively explained 30% of the total variability. The mean UULEX completion time was 6% lower for the women than for the men. Conclusions: The present study was able to establish reference values for the UULEX test in healthy adults in Brazil. The values were influenced by age, gender, and BMI.

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