SELF-REPORTED PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY COMPARED WITH MAXIMAL OXYGEN-UPTAKE
SELF-REPORTED PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY COMPARED WITH MAXIMAL OXYGEN-UPTAKE
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114068
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
CARLETON, RA
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作者:
SICONOLFI, SF;LASATER, TM;CARLETON, RA
Maximal oxygen uptake has been used as a measure of physical fitness. This measure increases by approximately 25% when sedentary individuals become more physically active. Oxygen uptake measurement in the laboratory or estimation in fieldwork is complex and costly with the finite risk. For the present study, 36 men and 32 women completed the Paffenbarger Physical Activity Index Questionnaire, including a sweat-inducing physical activity frequency question, and had measurement of oxygen uptake during pedal ergometry. Using maximal oxygen uptake as the measure of fitness, the Paffenbarger Physical Activity Index, although more detailed, may be less valid than the simpler sweat induction frequency question for estimating fitness. The correlations observed between the sweat question and oxygen uptake were 0.54 for males, 0.26 for females, and 0.46 for the total group. The correlations between the Physical Activity Index and oxygen uptake were 0.26 for males, 0.08 for females, and 0.29 for the total group. The regression relationship (oxygen uptake = 1.92 .times. (sweat days) + 23.76; standard error of estimate = 8.63 m;/kg/min) is significant for sweat vs. oxygen uptake. While the confidence interval limits the practical ability to predict individual values, low cost, absence of risk, and population validity suggest that fitness can be assessed rapidly and simply for epidemiologic studies with a simple sweat question.