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Use of a Simple Stair-Climbing Test to Assess Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Clinical Practice. An Overview of the Published Liter-Ature Aiming for a Future Goal

Version 1 : Received: 29 February 2024 / Approved: 29 February 2024 / Online: 29 February 2024 (14:34:53 CET)

How to cite: Wander, J.; Mall, M. P.; Lentz, A.; Schrader, M.; Haas, N. A.; Dold, S. K. Use of a Simple Stair-Climbing Test to Assess Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Clinical Practice. An Overview of the Published Liter-Ature Aiming for a Future Goal. Preprints 2024, 2024021757. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1757.v1 Wander, J.; Mall, M. P.; Lentz, A.; Schrader, M.; Haas, N. A.; Dold, S. K. Use of a Simple Stair-Climbing Test to Assess Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Clinical Practice. An Overview of the Published Liter-Ature Aiming for a Future Goal. Preprints 2024, 2024021757. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1757.v1

Abstract

(1) Background: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a prognostic factor regarding long time morbidity and mortality. To assess CRF the well-known gold standard is cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), which is a time consuming and expensive test. Therefore, alternative methods for routine evaluation of CRF are needed for the general population as well as for specific patient groups such as children and young adults with congenital heart disease. The Stair Climbing Test (SCT) is a simple and resource saving test reported in the current literature. This test is used in various settings to assess different health associated risk factors including cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular resilience, therapy effectiveness or pre- and postoperative morbidity and mortality.

Keywords

Stair Climbing Test; Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Exercise Test, Children; Congenital Heart Disease

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

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