Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 65-72
Effectiveness of Stair Climbing Test in Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Visalakshi. H. Subramanian1, Chaithra. T2, Vijay Krishna Kumar3
1Lecturer, 2Intern, 3Principal,
Department of Physiotherapy, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
Corresponding Author: Visalakshi. H. Subramanian
ABSTRACT
Background: Physical fitness is defined as "a set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to ability to perform physical activity". Being physically unfit leads to problems like overweight, obesity and other cardiovascular problems. The need of this study is to find the effectiveness of stair climbing test in assessing cardiorespiratory fitness in normal healthy individuals.
Aim: To find out the Effectiveness of stair climbing test in assessing cardiorespiratory fitness.
Objectives:
To find out BMI in normal healthy individuals
To find out cardiorespiratory fitness using stair climb test
Methodology: The subjects were screened for inclusion and exclusion criteria and 50 subjects were selected using convenience sampling. The basic demographic data was collected and the BMI was calculated. The vital parameters were measured before and after the stair climb test. The test was carried in the hospital premises, where the subjects were asked to climb the stairs for 3 minutes.
Results: The results were obtained using stair climb test on the basis of pre and post test data collected. Statistical analysis showed minimum change in vitals and significant change in outcome measures in SBP (p = 0.0001), DBP (p = 00001), PR (p = 0.0001) while using the stair climbing test in assessing Cardio respiratory fitness.
Conclusion: The stair climbing test can be effectively used as a Cardio Respiratory fitness tool, with minimum change in the vitals.
Key words: Body Mass Index, Cardio Respiratory Fitness, Stair Climb Test