Year: 2024 | Month: March | Volume: 14 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 87-91
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240315
A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating Cardiorespiratory Fitness of College Youth Using Ruffier Dickson Test
Krupal Modi 1, Shruti Jain2
1PhD Scholar & Assistant Professor, Shree Swaminarayan Physiotherapy College, Kadodara, Surat, Gujarat.
2UG Student, Shree Swaminarayan Physiotherapy College, Kadodara, Surat, Gujarat.
Corresponding Author: Krupal Modi
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) strike Indians a decade earlier than the Western population and college youth are not exempted. Despite having an extensive understanding of physical exercise and its benefits, Physiotherapy students are less active than they were before attending graduate school. CVD shows an inverse relationship with Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The Submaximal Ruffier Dickson Test (RDT) is used here to evaluate CRF of apparently healthy college youth.
AIM: To evaluate the Cardiorespiratory fitness of college youth using the Ruffier-Dickson test.
METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was done on 70 participants between the age group of 18-23 years. The RDT was performed by all participants and the Ruffier Dickson Index of cardiorespiratory endurance was calculated.
RESULT: Out of 70 participants, 55 were able to complete the test. The result shows that 43.6% of participants (n=24) were having Average Endurance (RI 6 to 9), 34.5% (n=19) were having Reasonably Good Endurance (RI 3 to 6), 9% (n=5) were having Very Good Endurance (RI 0 to 3), 7.2% (n=4) were having Moderate Endurance (RI 9 to 12), 5.5% (n=3) were having Poor Endurance (RI 12 to 15), and 0% were having RI value less than 0 and >15 which indicates Excellent Endurance and Very Poor Endurance respectively.
CONCLUSION: Nearly half of the participants fall into the ‘Average Endurance’ category of the Ruffier Dickson Index. So, the central focus here is to raise awareness about the need to assess CRF in Youth and predict current and future health in otherwise healthy youth.
Key words: Cardiorespiratory Fitness, College Students, Ruffier Dickson Test, Ruffier Index.