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- Title
The Incremental Shuttle Walk Test in Older Brazilian Adults.
- Authors
Jürgensen, Soraia Pilon; Antunes, Letícia Cláudia de Oliveira; Tanni, Suzana Erico; Banov, Marcos Carraro; Lucheta, Paulo Adolfo; Bucceroni, Alessandra Freire; Godoy, Irma; Dourado, Victor Zuniga
- Abstract
Background: Despite widespread use of the incremental shuttle walk distance (ISWD), there are no reference equations for predicting it. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate ISWD in healthy subjects and to establish a reference equation for its prediction. Methods: 131 Brazilian individuals (61 males; 59 ± 10 years) performed 2 walk tests in a 10-m long corridor. We assessed height, weight, body mass index, forced expiratory volume in 1 s, forced vital capacity and self-reported physical activity. Results: Mean ISWD was greater in males than in females (606 ± 167 vs. 443 ± 117 m; p < 0.001). ISWD correlated significantly (p < 0.05) with age (r = -0.51), height (r = 0.54) and weight (r = 0.20). A predictive model including age, height, weight and gender explained 50.3% of the ISWD variance. In an additional group of 20 subjects prospectively studied, the difference between measured and predicted ISWD was not statistically significant (534 ± 84 vs. 552 ± 87 m, respectively), representing 97 ± 12% of the predicted value calculated with our reference equation for ISWD. Conclusions: This reference equation including demographic and anthropomorphic attributes could be useful for interpreting the walking performance of patients with chronic diseases that affect exercise capacity. Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ANALYSIS of variance; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER software; STATISTICAL correlation; EXERCISE tests; LONGITUDINAL method; REFERENCE values; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); WALKING; DATA analysis
- Publication
Respiration, 2011, Vol 81, Issue 3, p223
- ISSN
0025-7931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000319037