Reliability and validity of a twelve-minute walking test for coronary heart disease patients.
This study examined the reliability and validity of a 12-min. walking test for coronary heart disease patients. CHD patients (28 men, 18 women) were recruited out of 86 CHD patients of the Martini Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. 46 CHD patients (age M=66.0 yr., SD=6.8) participated in the reliability study and 24 (age M=62.0 yr., SD=9.2) in the validity study. A test-retest analysis showed a satisfactory Bland-Altman plot and an intraclass coefficient of .98. The Pearson correlation between the score on the test and the VO2 peak was .77. This test gives a reliable and valid assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness of CHD patients.
Institute of Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. M.de.Greef@ppsw.rug.nl
Mathieu H G
MH
de Greef
Siska R
SR
Sprenger
Corrie T A
CT
Elzenga
Dorien Y
DY
Popkema
Johan H
JH
Bennekers
Menco G
MG
Niemeijer
Berry
B
Middel
Gerrit A
GA
Mook
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*