Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, people cannot leave the house to have their cardiorespiratory fitness assessed. I know there are a number tests that use a step to assess VO2max. However, all of the step tests I can find require a specific step height. However, steps in a typical home do not match the step height requirements. Likewise, the step heights between homes vary. Is there a step test that can adjust to steps of any height? Perhaps by adjusting the stepping frequency to match the work rate of the test regardless of the the step height.
Thank you for your responses.
Would it be possible to create an artificial step to the necessary height?
We just had a paper accepted where my co-authors and I attempted to validate a method of using almost any step height to conduct the YMCA step test. The paper is still in the editorial process, but it will be available at the link below once it is published online. I hope this is helpful to anyone who finds this thread.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2021.1964507