%0 Journal Article
%T Reliability of Arm Curl and Chair Stand tests for assessing muscular endurance in older people
%A Boneth M
%A Ariza CL
%A Angarita A
%A Parra J
%J Revista Ciencias de la Salud
%D 2012
%I Universidad del Rosario, Bogota
%X Objective: to assess the test-retest reliability and level of agreement between measures of the 30 second (30-s) Arm Curl and 30-s Chair Stand test in a sample of older adults from Bucaramanga. Materials and methods: a study of evaluation of diagnostic technology was done. Both tests were administered by the same evaluator to 111 adults older than 59 year-old (70,4 ¡À 7,3), on two occasions, with an interval of time between measures of 4 to 8 days. In the analysis, test-retest reliability was determined using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient ICC= 2,1 with their confidence interval 95% (CI 95%) respective. The agreement level was established by the Bland and Altman method. Results: the test-retest reproducibility of the 30-s Arm Curl test was very good ICC= 0,88 and to the Chair Stand test was good ICC= 0,78. The agreement was very good for both tests of muscle endurance. The CI 95% were between -3,8 and 3,2 stands to 30-s Chair Stand test and between -3,1 and 2,8 curls to 30-s Arm Curl test. Conclusion: the 30-s Arm Curl and 30-s Chair Stand test have good reliability and agreement to assess muscle endurance in older adults functionally independent.
%K physical fitness function
%K reliability
%K muscle endurance
%K elderly
%U http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/revsalud/article/view/2179/1911