Light-pacing strip reliability of an incremental shuttle walk test
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Does a light pacing strip improve the reliability of the incremental shuttle walk test in cardiac rehabilitation participants?
IRAS ID
180009
Contact name
John Buckley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Chester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
The main aim of this study is to establish whether a light-pacing strip would be a good replacement for a practice test within the incremental shuttle walking test and thus will it increase its reliability, and time/cost savings, as a clinical test. The light-pacing strip was first developed at the University of Chester. It was constructed from nine aluminium tubes, each one metre in length and connected with electrical cables. Special software has been developed also to control the system. Once the normal audio track for the test is started, a light-pacing strip which is placed either on the floor or on a bench alongside the ten metre walking area will show three light pulses that move in time with the audio track (See Appendix 1). The test using the light strip will be carried out on cardiac rehabilitation patients who are already enrolled in the cardiac rehabilitation service at the Liverpool Heart and Chester Hospital already cleared to perform the test. The test is normally performed twice and measures heart rate, perceived exertion and walking speed/pace. For the purposes of this study, an additional test will be performed and during all tests oxygen usage will be measured by way of a respiration portable monitoring system (including wearing a facemask as illustrated in Appendix)
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0570
Date of REC Opinion
22 Dec 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion