The Reliability and Validity of a Modified Squat Test to Predict Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Healthy Older Men

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Index</td><td class="align_center">Immediate HR (beats)</td><td class="align_center">Sum of recovery HR (beats)</td><td class="align_center">Recovery HR index</td><td class="align_center">Age-adjusted recovery HR index</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ICC</td><td class="align_center">0.77</td><td class="align_center">0.88</td><td class="align_center">0.87</td><td class="align_center">0.90</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 5: The Reliability and Validity of a Modified Squat Test to Predict Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Healthy Older Men 