. Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri - UFVJM - Diamantina (MG) Brasil.
. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Reabilitação e Desempenho Funcional, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri - UFVJM - Diamantina (MG) Brasil.
J Bras Pneumol. 2020 Mar 2;46(1):e20180267. doi: 10.1590/1806-3713/e20180267. eCollection 2020.
To establish reference values for the Unsupported Upper Limb EXercise (UULEX) test, which measures peak arm exercise capacity, in healthy adults in Brazil.
This was a cross-sectional study, involving presumably healthy individuals ≥ 30 years of age who completed questionnaires and underwent spirometry. All of the individuals underwent two UULEX tests 30-min apart. The outcome measure was the maximum time (in min) to completion of the test.
We included 100 individuals between 30 and 80 years of age. The mean test completion time was 11.99 ± 1.90 min among the women and 12.89 ± 2.15 min among the men (p = 0.03). The test completion time showed statistically significant correlations with age (r = -0.48; p < 0.001), gender (r = 0.28; p = 0.004), body mass index (BMI, r = -0.20; p = 0.05), and height (r = 0.28; p = 0.005). Linear regression analysis showed that the predictors of UULEX completion time were age (p = 0.000), BMI (p = 0.003), and gender (p = 0.019), which collectively explained 30% of the total variability. The mean UULEX completion time was 6% lower for the women than for the men.
The present study was able to establish reference values for the UULEX test in healthy adults in Brazil. The values were influenced by age, gender, and BMI.
为巴西健康成年人的非支撑上肢运动（UULEX）测试建立参考值，该测试用于测量峰值手臂运动能力。
这是一项横断面研究，涉及年龄在 30 岁及以上、完成问卷和肺功能检查的疑似健康个体。所有个体均在 30 分钟内完成两次 UULEX 测试。结局指标为测试完成的最大时间（以分钟计）。
我们纳入了 100 名年龄在 30 至 80 岁之间的个体。女性的平均测试完成时间为 11.99 ± 1.90 分钟，男性为 12.89 ± 2.15 分钟（p = 0.03）。测试完成时间与年龄（r = -0.48；p < 0.001）、性别（r = 0.28；p = 0.004）、体重指数（BMI，r = -0.20；p = 0.05）和身高（r = 0.28；p = 0.005）呈显著统计学相关。线性回归分析表明，UULEX 完成时间的预测因子为年龄（p = 0.000）、BMI（p = 0.003）和性别（p = 0.019），它们共同解释了总变异性的 30%。女性的 UULEX 完成时间平均比男性低 6%。
本研究成功为巴西健康成年人的 UULEX 测试建立了参考值。这些值受到年龄、性别和 BMI 的影响。
