Table 4.
Co-morbidities requiring step test modification or contraindication.
| Modified/contraindicated tests | Modified tests | Contraindicated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slower self-paced | Shorter self-paced | Flat self-paced | |||
| Cancer survivors number | 74/169 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 20 |
| Cancer-related number from population requiring modification/contraindicated | 16/74 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Chemotherapy-related fatigue/anemia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Post-chemotherapy neuropathy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pulmonary metastases | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Post-surgical pain/discomfort | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lower-extremity lymphedema | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Onycholysis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wound dehiscence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Non-cancer related | 58/74 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 16 |
| Deconditioned/sedentary behavior history | 25 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Chronic knee pain | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Impaired balance | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chronic back pain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cardiac stress test indicated | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chronic hip pain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leg prosthesis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |