The use of step tests for the assessment of exercise capacity in healthy subjects and in patients with chronic lung disease;O uso de testes do degrau para a avaliação da capacidade de exercício em indivíduos saudáveis e pacientes com doenças pulmonares crônicas

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-124

  de Andrade, Carlos Henrique Silva ^a   Cianci, Reinaldo Giovanini ^b   Malaguti, Carla ^b   Corso, Simone Dal ^b  

^a Maurício de Nassau University UNINASSAU   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive; Cystic fibrosis; Exercise test; Exercise tolerance; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858598997     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132012000100016     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. ERS Task Force, Palange P, Ward SA, Carlsen KH, Casaburi R, Gallagher CG, et al. Recommendations on the use of exercise testing in clinical practice. Eur Respir J. 2007;29(1):185-209.
2. Turner SE, Eastwood PR, Cecins NM, Hillman DR, Jenkins SC. Physiologic responses to incremental and self-paced exercise in COPD: a comparison of three tests. Chest. 2004;126(3):766-73.
3. Wasserman K, Hansen JE, Sue DY, Casaburi R, Whipp BJ. Exercise testing and interpretation: An overview In: Wasserman K, editor. Principles of exercise testing and interpretation. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 1999.
4. Bruce RA. Exercise testing of patients with coronary heart disease. Principles and normal standards for evaluation. Ann Clin Res. 1971;3(6):323-32.
5. Balke B, Ware RW. An experimental study of physical fitness of Air Force personnel. U S Armed Forces Med J. 1959;10(6):675-88.
6. Master AM, Oppenheimer ET. A simple exercise tolerance test for circulatory efficiency with standard tables for normal individuals. Am J Med Sci. 1929;177(2):229-43.
7. Master AM, Nuzie ES, Brown RC, Parker RC. The electrocardiogram and the "two-step" exercise, a test of cardiac function and coronary insufficiency. Am J Med Sci. 1944;207:435-50.
8. Johnson RE, Brouha L, Darling RC. A test of physical fitness for strenuous exercise. Rev Canad Biol. 1942;1:491-503.
9. Ladell WS, Kenney RA. Some laboratory and field observations on the Harvard pack test. Q J Exp Physiol Cogn Med Sci. 1955;40(4):283-96.
10. Kenney RA. A modified pack test of physical fitness. Singapore Med J. 1965;5:101-6.
11. Brouha L, Graybiel A, Heath CW. Step test: Simple method of measuring physical fitness for hard muscular work in adult man. Rev Canad Biol. 1943;2:86-92.
12. Gallagher JR, Brouha LV. A Simple Method of Evaluating Fitness in Boys: The Step Test. Yale J Biol Med. 1943;15(6):769-79.
13. Ryhming I. A modified Harvard step test for the evaluation of physical fitness. Arbeitsphysiologie. 1953;15(3):235-50.
14. Astrand I. Aerobic work capacity in men and women with special reference to age. Acta Physiol Scand Suppl. 1960;49(169):1-92.
15. Nagle F, Balke B, Branch B. The gradational step test for assessing cardiorespiratory capacity: an experimental evaluation of treadmill and step test procedures. Rep Civ Aeromed Res Inst US. 1964:1-12.
16. Nagle FJ, Balke B, Naughton JP. Gradational step tests for assessing work capacity. J Appl Physiol. 1965;20(4):745-8.
17. Kurucz RL, Fox EL, Mathews DK. Construction of a submaximal cardiovascular step test. Res Q. 1969;40(1):115-22.
18. McArdle WD, Katch FI, Pechar GS, Jacobson L, Ruck S. Reliability and interrelationships between maximal oxygen intake, physical work capacity and step-test scores in college women. Med Sci Sports. 1972;4(4):182-6.
19. Siconolfi SF, Garber CE, Lasater TM, Carleton RA. A simple, valid step test for estimating maximal oxygen uptake in epidemiologic studies. Am J Epidemiol. 1985;121(3):382-90.
20. Sykes K. Capacity assessment in the workplace: a new step test. Occup Health (Lond). 1995;47(1):20-2.
21. Nicolaescu V, Racoveanu C, Manicatide M. Effects of exercise on practolol-treated asthmatic patients. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1973;6(1):3-8.
22. Young RP, Holst PE. A simple exercise test in assessment of asthma. N Z Med J. 1988;101(854):600-1.
23. Feinstein RA, Hains CS, Hemstreet MP, Turner-Henson A, Redden DT, Martin B, et al. A simple "step-test" protocol for identifying suspected unrecognized exercise-induced asthma (EIA) in children. Allergy Asthma Proc. 1999;20(3):181-8.
24. Feinstein RA, LaRussa J, Wang-Dohlman A, Bartolucci AA. Screening adolescent athletes for exercise-induced asthma. Clin J Sport Med. 1996;6(2):119-23.
25. Tancredi G, Quattrucci S, Scalercio F, De Castro G, Zicari AM, Bonci E, et al. 3-min step test and treadmill exercise for evaluating exercise-induced asthma. Eur Respir J. 2004;23(4):569-74.
26. Balfour-Lynn IM, Prasad SA, Laverty A, Whitehead BF, Dinwiddie R. A step in the right direction: assessing exercise tolerance in cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1998;25(4):278-84.
27. Aurora P, Prasad SA, Balfour-Lynn IM, Slade G, Whitehead B, Dinwiddie R. Exercise tolerance in children with cystic fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation assessment. Eur Respir J. 2001;18(2):293-7.
28. Narang I, Pike S, Rosenthal M, Balfour-Lynn IM, Bush A. Three-minute step test to assess exercise capacity in children with cystic fibrosis with mild lung disease. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003;35(2):108-13.
29. Dal Corso S, Duarte SR, Neder JA, Malaguti C, de Fuccio MB, de Castro Pereira CA, et al. A step test to assess exercise-related oxygen desaturation in interstitial lung disease. Eur Respir J. 2007;29(2):330-6.
30. Stephan S, de Castro Pereira CA, Coletta EM, Ferreira RG, Otta JS, Nery LE. Oxygen desaturation during a 4-minute step test: predicting survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2007;24(1):70-6.
31. Rusanov V, Shitrit D, Fox B, Amital A, Peled N, Kramer MR. Use of the 15-steps climbing exercise oximetry test in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respir Med. 2008;102(7):1080-8.
32. Shitrit D, Rusanov V, Peled N, Amital A, Fuks L, Kramer MR. The 15-step oximetry test: a reliable tool to identify candidates for lung transplantation among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009;28(4):328-33.
33. Swinburn CR, Wakefield JM, Jones PW. Performance, ventilation, and oxygen consumption in three different types of exercise test in patients with chronic obstructive.
34. Kramer MR, Krivoruk V, Lebzelter J, Liani M, Fink G. Quantitative 15 steps exercise oximetry as a marker of disease severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Isr Med Assoc J. 1999;1(3):165-8.
35. Starobin D, Kramer MR, Yarmolovsky A, Bendayan D, Rosenberg I, Sulkes J, et al. Assessment of functional capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: correlation between cardiopulmonary exercise, 6 minute walk and 15 step exercise oximetry test. Isr Med Assoc J. 2006;8(7):460-3.
36. Machado MC, Leme MD, Tachibano KM, Cardoso F, Togeiro S, Jardim JR. Comparison of stepping-test versus six-minute walking test on oxygen dessaturation during exercise in stable normoxic COPD outpatients [Abstract]. Am J Respir Crit Med. 2000;161(3):A230.
37. Machado NC, Natali V, Squassoni SD, Santana VT, Baldin AC, Fiss E, et al. Estudo comparativo entre os resultados do teste de caminhada de seis minutos e do teste do degrau de seis minutos em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica. Arq Med ABC. 2008;32(Suppl 2):S47-50.
38. Marino DM, Marrara KT, Di Lorenzo VP, Mendes M, Jamami MS, Malosa L. Consumo de oxigênio, ventilação pulmonar e oxigenação no teste do degrau e teste de caminhada em indivíduos com DPOC. Reabilitar. 2005;7(28):4-9.
39. Schnaider J, Karsten M. Testes de tolerância ao exercício em programa de fisioterapia hospitalar após exarcebação da doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica. Fisioter Mov. 2006;19(4):119-26.
40. de Camargo AA, Justino T, de Andrade CH, Malaguti C, Dal Corso S. Chester step test in patients with COPD: reliability and correlation with pulmonary function test results. Respir Care. 2011;56(7):995-1001.
41. Dal Corso S, Oliveira AN, Izbicki M, Cianci RG, Malaguti C, Nery LE. A symptom-limited incremental step test in COPD patients: reproducibility and validity compared to incremental cycle ergometry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009;179:A2364.