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- Title
Measuring fitness of Kenyan children with polyparasitic infections using the 20-meter shuttle run test as a morbidity metric.
- Authors
Bustinduy, Amaya L; Thomas, Charles L; Fiutem, Justin J; Parraga, Isabel M; Mungai, Peter L; Muchiri, Eric M; Mutuku, Francis; Kitron, Uriel; King, Charles H
- Abstract
To date, there has been no standardized approach to the assessment of aerobic fitness among children who harbor parasites. In quantifying the disability associated with individual or multiple chronic infections, accurate measures of physical fitness are important metrics. This is because exercise intolerance, as seen with anemia and many other chronic disorders, reflects the body's inability to maintain adequate oxygen supply (VO(2) max) to the motor tissues, which is frequently linked to reduced quality-of-life in terms of physical and job performance. The objective of our study was to examine the associations between polyparasitism, anemia, and reduced fitness in a high risk Kenyan population using novel implementation of the 20-meter shuttle run test (20mSRT), a well-standardized, low-technology physical fitness test.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 7, pe1213
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0001213