A modified version of the Rockport Fitness Walking Test (RFWT)
has been determined to be reliable for persons with mental retardation.
Previous investigations have used one pacer for each participant. While
this protocol may be reliable, it is not likely feasible in most school or
community-based settings. Therefore, the purpose of this study is
twofold: first to evaluate the reliability of a modified version of the RFWT
using one pacer per five participants; second, to determine the
agreement among the one to one protocol and the proposed five to one
protocol. This study compared the end completion times and mean peak
heart rates of three different one-mile walking sessions of 35 participants
with mild mental retardation. Eighteen females (21.1 �� 2.7 yr.) and 17
males (19.7 �� 2.8 yr.) participated in each testing session. Each
participant randomly completed two sessions of walking with one pacer
per five participants and one session of one pacer per participant on an
indoor surface 1/9th of a mile long. Results from ANOVA indicated end
completion times and mean peak heart rates did not differ based on
gender (p=0.798), sessions (p=0.053), and gender x sessions (p=0.855).
To determine agreement, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated for end completion times for the first five to one and the one to
one (R=0.83) and the second five to one and the one to one (R=0.85).
ICC's were calculated for mean peak heart rates for the first five to one
and the one to one (R=0.95) and for the second five to one and the one to
one (R=0.93). The results support that the five to one modified walking
protocol produces results similar to the results using the one to one
testing. / Graduation date: 1998
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/33919 |
| Date | 25 August 1997 |
| Creators | Laurie, Nicolette E. |
| Contributors | Collier, Douglas H. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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