Reference Values for the Six-minute Pegboard and Ring Test in Healthy Adults in Turkey

Determination of 6 Minute Pegboard and Ring Test Exercise Test Reference Values in for the Turkish Healthy Adults

Supported or unsupported arm activities are widely used in all activities of daily living. 6 PBRT is a valid, reliable, useful, practical and easy-to-apply test that evaluates unassisted arm endurance in patients with COPD, asthmatics, and healthy individuals. Studies have recently been conducted showing reference values for 6 PBRT in various populations. 6 Normative values and reference range for PBRT are not available for various ethnicities, including the Turkish population. Therefore, this study aimed to find reference values for 6 PBRT in the Turkish young and middle-aged individuals.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Exercise Tolerance

Detailed Description

Supported or unassisted arm activities are widely used for all activities of daily living. They contribute greatly to performing both simple and complex daily tasks such as brushing, shaving, combing their hair, washing dishes or putting food on shelves; meanwhile, trapezius, pectoralis minor, scalene and intercostal muscles assist arm positioning.

Many studies; It has confirmed that patients with COPD have reduced arm exercise capacity and often experience notable dyspnoea (shortness of breath) and fatigue during arm tasks important to daily living. Two mechanisms have been suggested underlying this: neuromechanical dysfunction of the respiratory muscles (diaphragm and accessory respiratory muscles) (thoracoabdominal asynchrony) and changes in lung volume during activities involving the upper extremities. During arm exercise, accessory respiratory muscles are used for arm function and cannot contribute to respiration. This increases the respiratory load of the mechanically disadvantaged diaphragm and results in thoracoabdominal synchrony and severe dyspnea. Since the muscles that move the arm and stabilize the trunk are attached to the rib cage, they increase the resistance of the chest wall and limit the ability to increase tidal volume during arm activities. These disturbances in ventilatory mechanics result in termination of arm exercise in patients with COPD at lower workloads compared to healthy subjects.

The '6 Minute Pegboard and Ring Test-6PRT' is a valid and reliable, useful, practical and easy-to-apply test that evaluates unassisted arm endurance in COPD patients, asthmatic patients and healthy individuals. For the test, patients are asked to carry as many rings as possible within 6 minutes and the number of rings carried during 6 minutes is recorded as a score.

In a study conducted in patients with mild to very severe COPD, a positive correlation was shown between the 6PRT score and the activity counts evaluated by accelerometer. In addition, it was determined that the 6PRT score showed a clear relationship with the upper extremity ADL, and it was concluded that the 6PRT test could be used as an appropriate test for estimating and demonstrating the improvement of ADL in pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Studies have recently been published showing reference values for 6PBRT in Brazilian and Indian populations. In one of the results, a correlation was found between the score value and age, showing that younger individuals were able to move more rings than the older group. In addition, a weak correlation was found between the test score and the level of physical activity. Normative values and reference range for 6PBRT are not available for various ethnicities, including the Turkish adults. Therefore, in this study; It is aimed to find reference values for the 6PBRT test in the Turkish adults.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 132

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey, 06000
    • Hacettepe Universitesi

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy people aged 20-65 years

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be between the ages of 20-65 years,
• Volunteering to participate in the research
• To be cooperative
• Being between 18.5-40 kg/m2 according to body mass index value

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a neurological disease or other clinical diagnosis that may affect cognitive status,
• Having a musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiopulmonary, neuromuscular or metabolic disease that may affect exercise performance, or having an advanced orthopedic disease (such as kyphoscoliosis),
• Recent shoulder or thoracic surgery.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Unsupported Arm Exercise Capacity and Arm Function/Endurance	It will be evaluated with the '6 minute Pegboard and Ring Test-6PRT'. During the test, the patient is asked to sit in front of a pegboard and move as many rings as possible from the two lower holes to the two upper holes, using both hands simultaneously, for 6 minutes. Before the test, participants get used to the test by wearing a few rings. Standardized encouragement is given every minute during the test. The number of rings carried during 6 minutes constitutes the final score. Before and after the test, heart rate and oxygen saturation with pulse oximetry, dyspnea, general fatigue and arm fatigue perception with modified Borg scale are questioned. For the validity of the test, the test will be repeated in the same patient with one week intervals under the same conditions.	50 minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Arm length of both sides and the arm and forearm circumferences of the dominant arm	The measurement was done with non-stretch tape	1 day
Physical Activity Level	It was evaluated with the Human Activity Profile.The level of physical activity of individuals is classifi ed by calculating the adjusted activity score (AAS), resulting in their being classifi ed as inactive or debilitated (AAS < 53 points), moderately active (AAS between 53 and 74 points), or active (AAS > 74 points)	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ulaş Ar
• Collaborators: Hacettepe University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ebru Calik Kutukcu, Assoc.Prof., Hacettepe University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 4, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 23, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 24, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 24, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 23, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: exercise tolerance; Upper extremity exercise test; six-minute peg board and ring test
• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRT

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No