Reliability of the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test in University Students

Completed

• Conditions: Incremental Shuttle Walk Test

• Registration Number: NCT06638281
• Lead Sponsor: Siirt University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the incremental shuttle walk test in university students.

Detailed Description

The incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) is a valid and reliable field test developed to evaluate functional exercise capacity. This test requires the participant to walk up and down a 10 m course marked by two cones placed 9 m apart. The walking speed, determined by an audio signal, is slow at first, but gradually increases every minute.

Although validity and reliability studies have been conducted in different disease groups and healthy populations, there is no study evaluating the inter-rater reliability of the incremental shuttle walk test in healthy individuals. Our research aims to evaluate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the incremental shuttle walk test in university students.For this purpose, undergraduate nursing students will be included in our research.ISWT will be administered to students by two different researchers on the same day. For test-retest reliability the ISWT will be administered again by the same researchers on a different day (retest).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-10-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-09
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-15
• Study Start: 2024-11-04
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Primary Completion: 2025-02-25
• Study Completion: 2025-02-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a student of Siirt University Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department
• Being between the ages of 18-26
• Understanding and speaking Turkish

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a systemic, orthopedic or neurological disease
• Participant wishes to withdraw from the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incremental Shuttle Walk Test Results	At baseline and within 2-7 days after first assessment	The number of completed shuttles will be recorded, and the total incremental shuttle walk distance (ISWD) will be calculated. Heart rate (HR), arterial blood pressure, saturation, perceived dyspnea, and fatigue according to the modified Borg scale will be assessed before, at the end of the test, and after a 5-min recovery.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Age	Baseline	Age in years
Weight	Baseline	Weight (kg)
Height	Baseline	Height (m)
Smoking Status	Baseline	Smoking status will be recorded

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Siirt University; 🇹🇷 Siirt, Turkey