Beta
ManageSearchChatDiscover
84908

Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of Harvard Step Test to Predict VO2max in Terms of the Step Height According to the Knee Joint Angle

Article

Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

OverviewSimilar Items

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the validity and reliability of Harvard step test (HST) to predict the maximum oxygen uptake (Vo2max) through different methods, the first method via traditional Harvard step test (THST) with  step height 50.8 cm, the second method by Multi-Height step according to the knee joint angle (KJAHST), where the researcher detects to Criterion-Related Validity between the two methods and the laboratory test  via treadmill gas analysis system according to the established protocol ( ZAN 600 device ) , and in order to achieve  the best method to predict (Vo2max) correct values through the Harvard step test in healthy college students, Participants (N = 120) age 20.06 ± 0.56 years, height 171.79 ± 5.83 cm, weight 70.39 ± 6.39 kg, the values of vo2max were calculated with the previous methods, the results showed that the value of correlation coefficient between (THST) and  laboratory test was r = 0.818, while the value of correlation coefficient through (KJAHST) and the  laboratory test was  r = 0.905, which indicates that the two methods are valid to predict   vo2max  correct values, but the researcher recommended the usage of (KJAHST) method because it is more valid and accurate than (THST) , also there weren't any  significant differences between testing and re-testing for the second method (KJAHST) and the value of correlation coefficient was r = 0.913, so the researcher built Z-scores levels using the second method to be the standard in evaluating (Vo2max).

DOI

10.21608/jass.2011.84908

Keywords

Validity, Reliability, Harvard step test, Maximum oxygen uptake (Vo2max)

Authors

First Name

Walid

Last Name

Soliman Ismail

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Physical Education for Boys, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

dr.walidsoliman52@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

1

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

12773

Issue Date

2011-07-01

Receive Date

2011-05-01

Publish Date

2011-07-01

Page Start

126

Page End

132

Print ISSN

2357-0024

Online ISSN

2357-0059

Article File

JASS_Volume 1_Issue 2_Pages 126-132.pdf

PDF . 249.1kB

Link

https://jassalexu.journals.ekb.eg/article_84908.html

Detail API

https://jassalexu.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=84908

Order

11

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,203

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Sports Science

Publication Link

https://jassalexu.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of Harvard Step Test to Predict VO2max in Terms of the Step Height According to the Knee Joint Angle

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023