Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 489-495 , April 2007

Reliability and Validity of the Six-Minute Arm Test for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Fitness in People With Spinal Cord Injury

  • Adrienne T. Hol, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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  • Janice J. Eng, PhD, PT, OT

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Janice J. Eng, PhD, PT/OT, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, T325-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
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  • William C. Miller, PhD, OT

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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  • Shannon Sproule, BScPT

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Program, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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  • Andrei V. Krassioukov, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Spinal Cord Injury Program, GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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    Distribution of subject lesion levels.

    Distribution of subject lesion levels.

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    (A) Scatterplot comparing heart rate during 6-MAT test 1 and test 2. (B) Scatterplot comparing V̇o2 during 6-MAT test 1 and test 2.

    (A) Scatterplot comparing heart rate during 6-MAT test 1 and test 2. (B) Scatterplot comparing V̇o2 during 6-MAT test 1 and test 2.

  • Image Result

    (A) Bland-Altman plot of difference in 6-MAT heart rate (HR) between time 1 and time 2 versus average heart rate from time 1 and time 2. (B) Bland-Altman plot of difference in 6-MAT V̇o2 between time

    (A) Bland-Altman plot of difference in 6-MAT heart rate (HR) between time 1 and time 2 versus average heart rate from time 1 and time 2. (B) Bland-Altman plot of difference in 6-MAT V̇o2 between time 1 and time 2 versus average V̇o2 from time 1 and time 2.

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    Scatterplot comparing V̇o2 during the 6-MAT and Vo2peak (r=.92).

    Scatterplot comparing V̇o2 during the 6-MAT and Vo2peak (r=.92).

 Supported by the Rick Hansen Man-in-Motion Foundation Research Fund, the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01636-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.044

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 489-495 , April 2007

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