Feasibility of the A-STEP for the assessment of exercise capacity in people with cystic fibrosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate feasibility of the Alfred Step Test Exercise Protocol (A-STEP) for the assessment of exercise capacity in adults and children with cystic fibrosis (CF); in adults to test whether demographics and/or lung function correlated with exercise capacity.

Methods

Adults and children with stable CF from two centres completed the A-STEP (a recently developed incremental maximal-effort step test). Feasibility was evaluated by: usefulness for exercise capacity assessment (measures of exercise capacity were: level reached, exercise-induced desaturation, and achievement of at least one maximal effort criteria); safety; operational factors; time to complete; floor and/or ceiling effects. We used multiple linear regression to test whether demographics and/or lung func

SUBMITTER: Wilson LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature