FACTORS CORRELATED WITH INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST DISTANCE IN SEDENTARY HEALTHY ADULTS

Astrid Priscilla Amanda¹, Nury Nusdwinuringtyas¹, Tresia Fransiska Ulianna Tambunan¹, Dewi Friska²

¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital,

Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia

²Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia

Abstract

Background: In carrying out daily activities, it is influenced by a person’s physical fitness. A person’s functional capacity can be assessed by exercise testing distance. One of the exercise tests that currently being applicated nowadays is incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT). There are various factors that affect cardiorespiratory fitness, as well as demographic and anthropometric characteristics such as age, gender, body height, and body weight. This study focused on demographic and anthropometric factors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the factors that correlate with ISWT distance in sedentary healthy adults

Material and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted on 85 subjects. Subjects performed ISWT twice, with the greatest distance was included in analysis. The independent variables (age, gender, body height, body weight) were analyzed using bivariate analysis to see the correlation with ISWT distance. Furthermore, multivariate analysis was done to see the most influential variable.

Results: Sixty women were participated in this study. Among four variables, multivariate analysis showed gender, body height, and body weight correlated with ISWT distance (p<0,05)

Conclusion: Gender, body height, and body weight correlated with ISWT distance in sedentary healthy adults.

Keywords: Incremental shuttle walk test, distance, sedentary, healthy, field test