Psychometrics properties of the sit to stand test for patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: a sistematic review
Pulmonary Hypertension; Sit-to-stand test; Exercise test
Pulmonary Hypertension is a hemodynamic consequence that encompasses a set of progressive heterogeneous conditions, characterized by increased pulmonary arterial pressure and progressive advancement in pulmonary vascular resistance, common to a certain group of diseases that tend to evolve with low, right heart failure exercise tolerance and early death of the patient. At the muscle level, patients suffer from systemic muscle dysfunction that has an increased risk of functional decline due to loss of muscle function. One way to assess the muscle function of these individuals is the sit-and-stand test, which is used to indirectly assess exercise tolerance and skeletal muscle strength in the lower limbs. Thus, it is essential to have a study that can clarify in the scientific and clinical scope the reliability, reproducibility, and responsiveness of each test protocol sits and raises in each type of Pulmonary Hypertension. In this way, solving existing doubts and possibly disseminating the best use of the test, sit and stand. Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to determine the psychometric properties
Pulmonary Hypertension is a hemodynamic consequence that encompasses a set of progressive heterogeneous conditions, characterized by increased pulmonary arterial pressure and progressive advancement in pulmonary vascular resistance, common to a certain group of diseases that tend to evolve with low, right heart failure exercise tolerance and early death of the patient. At the muscle level, patients suffer from systemic muscle dysfunction that has an increased risk of functional decline due to loss of muscle function. One way to assess the muscle function of these individuals is the sit-and-stand test, which is used to indirectly assess exercise tolerance and skeletal muscle strength in the lower limbs. Thus, it is essential to have a study that can clarify in the scientific and clinical scope the reliability, reproducibility, and responsiveness of each test protocol sits and raises in each type of Pulmonary Hypertension. In this way, solving existing doubts and possibly disseminating the best use of the test, sit and stand. Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to determine the psychometric properties validity, reliability (internal consistency and measurement error), learning effects, repetition of the test, familiarity, responsiveness and interpretability, and repetitions achieved) of sit and stand tests in individuals with Pulmonary Hypertension. Methodology: The study is a systematic review, registered on Prospero, with the code CRD42021244271, for registration and publication purposes, developed with the participation and collaboration of Laboratories PneumoCardioVascular Lab (UFRN / HUOL / EBSERH), Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Rehabilitation, Department of Physiotherapy (UFRN), Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Evaluation Laboratory - Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit (CORE / HUOL / EBSERH) and, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. The research will follow the PICOT strategy, obey the recommendations of PRISMA's writing, analyze the risk of bias through COSMIN and the evaluation will be conducted by two independent researchers, in case of disagreement, a third evaluator will be consulted, using the Rayyan Software. The search strategy was carried out in the PubMed, EMBASE, SciELO, Cochrane, and Web of Science databases. Results: 6.357 articles were found, 2.141 articles were excluded due to duplication. Following for the analysis of Titles and abstracts the 4.216 remaining articles.