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Sports Medicine
Published in: Sports Medicine 9/2016

01-09-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Author’s Reply to Sabour and Ghassemi “Submaximal Step Tests to Estimate Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Healthy Adults: Methodological Issues About Validity and Reliability”

Authors: Roger Eston, Hunter Bennett, Gaynor Parfitt, Kade Davison

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 9/2016

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Excerpt

We thank Siamak Sabour and Fariba Ghassemi [1] for their interest in our systematic review [2]. Their concerns revolve around two points: (a) clinical significance and (b) the distinction between validity and reliability of the step test. …
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Metadata
Title
Author’s Reply to Sabour and Ghassemi “Submaximal Step Tests to Estimate Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Healthy Adults: Methodological Issues About Validity and Reliability”
Authors
Roger Eston
Hunter Bennett
Gaynor Parfitt
Kade Davison
Publication date
01-09-2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Sports Medicine / Issue 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0603-0

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