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OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of the multistage submaximal cycle ergometer
test for adults with athetospastic cerebral palsy.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional and
correlative study. Oxygen uptake and heart rates were recorded while the
participants underwent the maximal cycle ergometer test and the multistage
submaximal cycle ergometer test. Peak oxygen consumption (Vo(2)peak) was achieved
by the maximal cycle test. Maximum oxygen consumption (VO(2)max) was predicted by
the multistage submaximal cycle ergometer test. SETTING: Research laboratory
setting. PARTICIPANTS: Adults with athetospastic cerebral palsy (N=16; 10 women
and 6 men; mean age +/- SD, 43.7+/-14.5y). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN
OUTCOME MEASURE: Peak VO(2) was compared with the predicted VO(2)max. RESULTS:
Mean VO(2)peak and the predicted VO(2)max +/- SD were 866.9+/-202.9 mL/min(-1)
and 857.4+/-248.4 mL/min(-1), respectively. There was not a significant
difference between VO(2)peak values and the predicted VO(2)max values (r=.28).
And there was a significant correlation between VO(2)peak values and the
predicted VO(2)max values (r=.94, P<.001). SE of the estimate (or SE for X to Y)
was 71.2 mL/min(-1), equivalent to 7.4%. CONCLUSIONS:
The multistage submaximal
cycle ergometer test may provide a valid VO(2)max estimate of adults with
athetospastic cerebral palsy.
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