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ERIC Number: EJ1344857
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1091-367X
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7841
Variable Height Step Test Provides Reliable Heart Rate Values during Virtual Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing
Matthews, Evan L.; Horvat, Fiona M.; Phillips, David A.
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, v26 n2 p155-164 2022
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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