RT journal article
T1 Time measurement validity and reliability of the 4 × 10-m shuttle run test in adult population: The ADULT-FIT project
A1 Castro Piñero, José
A1 Aragón-Aragón, P.
A1 Cruz León, Carolina Vaeny
A1 Jiménez Iglesias, José
A1 Camiletti Moirón, Daniel
A1 Izquierdo Gómez, Rocío
A1 Cuenca García, María Magdalena
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 Adults
K1 Field-based test
K1 Motor fitness
K1 Physical fitness
K1 Reproducibility
K1 Validation
AB Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the time measurement validity and reliability (between raters and test–retest) of the 4 × 10-m shuttle run test to assess motor fitness in adults, according to gender, age, and physical activity levels. Design: Cross-sectional. A total of 230 adults (86 women) aged 18–64 years participated in the study. Methods: The time taken to complete the 4 × 10-m shuttle run test was recorded simultaneously by a trained and an untrained rater (inter-rater reliability) and by photoelectric cells (time measurement validity). 48–72 h later, the test was repeated under the same conditions (test–retest reliability). Results: The systematic error for trained rater vs. photocell was close to zero (0.0125, p < 0.01), with an effect size of 0.006; and for both, untrained rater vs. photocell and trained rater vs. untrained rater was ∼ 0.2 s (p < 0.001) with an effect size of 0.09. For the test–retest reliability, the systematic error was 0.05 s (p < 0.001), with an effect size of 0.26, the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.998 and the coefficient of variation reported a variability of 0.73 %. Results were not influenced by gender and age, while these improved for active vs. non-active participants. Conclusions: Findings indicate that measurements with trained raters are a valid and reliable method for assessing the 4 × 10-m shuttle run test in adults. It is highly recommended that raters be trained to minimize the measurement error.
PB Elsevier Ltd
SN 1878-1861
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32094
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32094
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026