The Relationship between Health-Related Physical Fitness and 15-Floor Stair-Climbing Performance

健康體適能與高層樓爬樓梯表現相關性分析

林光華(Kwan-Hwa Lin) ； 蔡美文(Mei-Wun Tsai) ； 游祥明(Shang-Ming Yu) ； 張彧(Yuh Jang) ； 陳思遠(Ssu-Yuan Chen)

《物理治療》 35卷2期 (2010/06) Pp. 98-104

摘要

Background and Purposes: The relationship between health-related physical fitness (HRPF) and 15-floor stair-climbing performance is not clear. In this study, the subjects received HRPF assessment before a 15-floor stair-climbing contest. The correlation between the components of HRPF and stair-climbing performance in healthy adults were analyzed. Methods: One hundred forty-nine qualified subjects (66 males and 83 females) with mean age of 38.7±9.1 years working at the National Taiwan University Hospital participated in the 15-floor stair-climbing competition (total 366 steps). The HRPF including physical fitness index (PFI), grip strength, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and trunk flexibility were assessed before the competition. The exclusion criteria were with inflammatory or uncontrolled systemic disease that affected the stairs-climbing. The Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between HRPF and stair-climbing time. Results: After the adjustment of age and gender, we found that the correlation of PFI, BMI and WHR with the stair-climbing time (γ=0.30-0.36, p＜0.001) was significant. The trunk flexibility was also negatively correlated (γ=-0.18, p＜0.05) with stair-climbing time. However, the grip strength was not correlated with the stair-climbing performance. Conclusions: The cardiopulmonary endurance and body composition are correlated with the performance of stair-climbing. The cardiopulmonary exercises are suggested for the improvement of stair-climbing performance, and on the other hand, stair-climbing can also be a kind of activity to improve cardiopulmonary endurance and body com position.

關鍵字

登階測試 ； 身體質量指數 ； 握力 ； 軀幹柔軟度 ； 爬樓梯表現

並列摘要

Background and Purposes: The relationship between health-related physical fitness (HRPF) and 15-floor stair-climbing performance is not clear. In this study, the subjects received HRPF assessment before a 15-floor stair-climbing contest. The correlation between the components of HRPF and stair-climbing performance in healthy adults were analyzed. Methods: One hundred forty-nine qualified subjects (66 males and 83 females) with mean age of 38.7±9.1 years working at the National Taiwan University Hospital participated in the 15-floor stair-climbing competition (total 366 steps). The HRPF including physical fitness index (PFI), grip strength, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and trunk flexibility were assessed before the competition. The exclusion criteria were with inflammatory or uncontrolled systemic disease that affected the stairs-climbing. The Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between HRPF and stair-climbing time. Results: After the adjustment of age and gender, we found that the correlation of PFI, BMI and WHR with the stair-climbing time (γ=0.30-0.36, p＜0.001) was significant. The trunk flexibility was also negatively correlated (γ=-0.18, p＜0.05) with stair-climbing time. However, the grip strength was not correlated with the stair-climbing performance. Conclusions: The cardiopulmonary endurance and body composition are correlated with the performance of stair-climbing. The cardiopulmonary exercises are suggested for the improvement of stair-climbing performance, and on the other hand, stair-climbing can also be a kind of activity to improve cardiopulmonary endurance and body com position.

並列關鍵字

Step test ； Body mass index ； Grip strength ； Trunk flexibility ； Stair-climbing performance