Indirect 1Rep Max Test

LungFIT: Pulmonary Rehab Podcast

On this episode, I interview Dr. Gail Dechman, who is a faculty member & researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. Dr. Dechman talks about the Indirect 1 Repetition Maximum test, a feasible and valid test for assessing muscle strength in pulmonary rehabilitation.

The resources mentioned on this episode are:

1. The study which surveyed Canadian pulmonary rehabilitation programs can be found here.

2. Dr. Dechman mentions a project which addressed validity and reliability of a strength assessment technique. Information on that project can be found here and here.

3. She also mentions a review article which summarizes different testing modalities , that article is found here. (This article is not open access).

4. The paper on quality indicators in pulmonary rehabilitation is here, and we also had LungFIT episodes devoted to that topic, which are here and here.

5. Dr. Dechman mentioned guidelines for COVID management for people with COPD, that paper is here.

6. Dr. Dechman has made a video available for our listeners to view, to learn more about how to conduct the test. The video on Youtube is available here.

7. She mentioned that she has a great review article with prediction formulas, which you can use to interpret the test. That article is here.

8. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) website is here.

9. Dr. Dechman's faculty website, which provides an overview of her research and teaching, is here.

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