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    Harvard Step Test

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    The Harvard Step Test is used to measure aerobic fitness and predict VO2max. It involves stepping up and down from a 50.8 cm step at a rate of 30 steps per minute for 5 minutes or until exhaustion. The participant's heart rate is counted after finishing for various time periods, and their fitness index score is calculated using an equation involving test time and total heartbeats. Fitness index scores above 90 indicate excellent aerobic fitness, while scores below 55 indicate poor fitness. The test requires minimal equipment but has only moderate validity for predicting VO2max.

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    The Harvard Step Test is used to measure aerobic fitness and predict VO2max. It involves stepping up and down from a 50.8 cm step at a rate of 30 steps per minute for 5 minutes or until exhaustion. The participant's heart rate is counted after finishing for various time periods, and their fitness index score is calculated using an equation involving test time and total heartbeats. Fitness index scores above 90 indicate excellent aerobic fitness, while scores below 55 indicate poor fitness. The test requires minimal equipment but has only moderate validity for predicting VO2max.

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    to test the cardiac ability of athlete

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    The Harvard Step Test is used to measure aerobic fitness and predict VO2max. It involves stepping up and down from a 50.8 cm step at a rate of 30 steps per minute for 5 minutes or until exhaustion. The participant's heart rate is counted after finishing for various time periods, and their fitness index score is calculated using an equation involving test time and total heartbeats. Fitness index scores above 90 indicate excellent aerobic fitness, while scores below 55 indicate poor fitness. The test requires minimal equipment but has only moderate validity for predicting VO2max.

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    The Harvard Step Test is used to measure aerobic fitness and predict VO2max. It involves stepping up and down from a 50.8 cm step at a rate of 30 steps per minute for 5 minutes or until exhaustion. The participant's heart rate is counted after finishing for various time periods, and their fitness index score is calculated using an equation involving test time and total heartbeats. Fitness index scores above 90 indicate excellent aerobic fitness, while scores below 55 indicate poor fitness. The test requires minimal equipment but has only moderate validity for predicting VO2max.

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    Harvard

    Step Test

    JANUARY 1

    Submitted to: Dr. Muhammad Azam


    By: Kiran Arshad
    Roll no. 12084

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    Harvard Step Test
    The Harvard Step Test is used to measure an athlete’s aerobic fitness.
    Specifically, it is a predictive test of their VO2max. This page shows you
    how to conduct the test.

    The purpose of this test is to predict an athlete’s aerobic fitness using a simple
    test with minimal equipment.

    Cardiovascular Measurement: It is a type of cardiac stress test for detecting


    and diagnosing cardiovascular disease. It is also a good measurement of fitness
    and a person's ability to recover after a strenuous exercise by checking the
    recovery rate. The more quickly the heart rate returns to its normal rhythm.
    It is a kind of cardiovascular endurance test. The test computes the capability of
    the individual to the exercise, continuously for extended intervals of time without
    tiring.

    Equipment required: step or platform 50.8 cm high, stopwatch, metronome or


    cadence tape

    Description / procedure: The athlete steps up onto, and back down from the
    step at a rate of 30 completed steps per minute (one second up, one second
    down) for 5 minutes or until exhaustion. Exhaustion is defined as when the athlete
    cannot maintain the stepping rate for 15 continuous seconds. The athlete
    immediately sits down on completion of the test, and the total number of their heart
    beats are counted from 1 to 1½ minutes after finishing and from 2 to 2½ minutes
    after finishing and finally from 3 to 3½ minutes after finishing. The athlete’s heart
    beats are counted through feeling the athlete pulse at their wrist.

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    Scoring: the athlete’s fitness index score is then determined by the following
    equations.
    The results are written down as time until exhaustion in seconds (𝑡𝑒 ) and total
    heartbeats counted (ℎ𝑏 ).It is plotted into a simple fitness index equation

    𝑡𝑒 ∗ 100
    ℎ𝑏 ∗ 2

    Fitness Index = (100 x test duration in seconds) divided by (2 x sum of heart


    beats in the recovery periods)

    For example, if the total test time was 300 seconds (if the athlete completed the
    whole 5 minutes), and their number of heart beats between 1-1½ minutes was
    90, between 2-2½ it was 80 and between 3-3½ it was 70, then the fitness index
    score would be: (100 x 300) / (240 x 2) = 62.5. Note: we are using the total
    number of heart beats in the 30 second period, not the athlete’s heart rate (beats
    per minute) during that time.

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    Rating Fitness Index

    Excellent >90

    Good 80-89

    High Average 65-79

    Low Average 55-64

    Poor <55

    Validity: The correlation to direct VO2max when stepping is approximately 0.6 to


    0.8, so it’s not particularly good validity.

    Advantages: This test requires minimal equipment and costs, and can be self-
    administered.

    Disadvantages: Biomechanical characteristics vary between individuals. For


    example, considering that the step height is standard, taller people are at an
    advantage as it will take less energy to step up onto the step. Body weight has
    also been shown to be a factor. Testing large groups with this test will be time
    consuming.

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