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The Chester Step Test Is a Reproducible Tool to Assess Exercise Capacity and Exertional Desaturation in Post-COVID-19 Patients

Publicated to:Healthcare (Basel). 11 (1): 51- - 2023-01-01 11(1), DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11010051

Authors: Peroy-Badal, R; Sevillano-Castaño, A; Núñez-Cortés, R; García-Fernández, P; Torres-Castro, R; Vilaró, J; Blanco, I; Gimeno-Santos, E

Affiliations

Barcelona Inst Global Hlth ISGlobal, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Biomed Res Networking Ctr Resp Dis Ciberes, Madrid 28029, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Infanta Leonor, Hosp Virgen de La Torre, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author
Inst Invest Biomed August Pi & Sunyer IDIBAPS, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Int Physiotherapy Res Network PhysioEvidence, Barcelona 08025, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin, Dept Pulm Med, Barcelona 08036, Spain - Author
Univ Chile, Fac Med, Dept Phys Therapy, Santiago 8380286, Chile - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Radiol Rehabil & Fisioterapia, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Ramon Llull, Blanquerna Sch Hlth Sci, Global Res Wellbeing GRoW, Barcelona 08025, Spain - Author
Univ Valencia, Dept Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Mot Multispecial Res Grp PTinMOT, Valencia 46010, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Keywords
chester step testexercise capacityguidelinesrehabilitationstatementvalidityChester step testCovid-19Exercise capacityRehabilitationReliability

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Healthcare (Basel) due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 49/118, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Health Policy & Services. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Leadership and Management.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.62, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2
  • Europe PMC: 1
  • OpenCitations: 2
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 24.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 24 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 12.55.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 20 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Gimeno Santos, Elena).