Harvard step test

Harvard step test
Purposecardiac stress test

The Harvard step test, in scientific literature sometimes referred to as the Brouha Test, is a type of cardiac stress test for detecting and diagnosing cardiovascular disease. It is also a good measurement of fitness and a person's ability to recover after a strenuous exercise by checking the recovery rate. The test was developed by Lucien Brouha and his associates in 1942.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Brouha, Lucien; Heath, Clark W.; Graybiel, Ashton (1943). "The step test: a simple method of measuring physical fitness for hard muscular work in adult men". Revue Canadienne de Biologie. 2 (1): 86–91. ISSN 0035-0915.
  2. ^ Brouha, Lucien (1943). "The Step Test: A Simple Method of Measuring Physical Fitness for Muscular Work in Young Men". Research Quarterly. American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. 14 (1): 31–37. doi:10.1080/10671188.1943.10621204. ISSN 1067-1188.
  3. ^ Vangrunderbeek, Hans; Delheye, Pascal (1 June 2013). "Stepping from Belgium to the United States and back: the conceptualization and impact of the Harvard Step Test, 1942–2012". Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 84 (2): 186–197. doi:10.1080/02701367.2013.784724. ISSN 0270-1367. PMID 23930544. S2CID 42411927.