Test-retest reliability of the FitMax©-questionnaire in a clinical and healthy population.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The FitMáx© was developed as a questionnaire-based instrument to estimate Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) expressed as oxygen uptake at peak exercise (VO_2peak). Test-retest reliability is a clinometric measurement property, which defines stability over time if multiple measurements are performed (i.e. reliability). The present study aimed to assess the test-retest reliability of the FitMáx©-questionnaire in different patient groups.

Patients and methods

A total of 127 cardiac, pulmonary and oncology patients and healthy subjects aged 19-84 years who completed the questionnaire twice within an average of 18 days were included for analysis. Participants were in a stable clinical situation (no acute disease or participating in a training program). To determin

SUBMITTER: Meijer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10767039 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature