Background and objective: The disadvantage of the traditional 20-m
multistage shuttle run test (MST) is that it requires a long space for
measurements and does not include various age groups to develop the test.
Therefore, we developed a new MST to improve the spatial limitation by reducing
the measurement to a 10-m distance and to resolve the bias via uniform
distributions of gender and age.
Material and methods: Study subjects included 120 healthy adults (60
males and 60 females) aged 20 to 50 years. All subjects performed a graded
maximal exercise test (GXT) and a 10-m MST at five-day intervals. We developed a
regression model using 70% of the subject’s data and performed a
cross-validation test using 30% of the data.
Results: The male
regression model’s coefficient of determination (R
