Harvard step test

Harvard step test
Harvard step test
Purpose	cardiac 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]

^ Brouha, Lucien; Heath, Clark W.; Graybiel, Ashton (1943). "Step test simple method of measuring physical fitness for hard muscular work in adult men". Rev Canadian Biol. 86 (2).
^ 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.

[1] Brouha, Lucien; Heath, Clark W.; Graybiel, Ashton (1943). "Step test simple method of measuring physical fitness for hard muscular work in adult men". Rev Canadian Biol. 86 (2).

[Vangrunderbeek_and_Delheye-2] 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.

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