A PRACTICAL METHOD OF ESTIMATING AN INDIVIDUALS MAXIMAL OXYGEN INTAKE
A PRACTICAL METHOD OF ESTIMATING AN INDIVIDUALS MAXIMAL OXYGEN INTAKE
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DOI:
10.1080/00140136108930512
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发表时间:
1961-01-01
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影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
WYNDHAM, CH
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作者:
MARITZ, JS;MORRISON, JF;WYNDHAM, CH
The premises upon which simple methods for estimating an individual''s maximum oxygen intake are based have been tested. These premises are (a) that heart rate and oxygen intake are linear functions of each other throughout the entire range of work up to the individual''s maximum; (b) that oxygen intake of the individual deviates very little from the mean straight line relating oxygen intake and rate of work for the population, so that the oxygen intake for a task performed against gravity can be estimated with reasonable precision from the rate of work; and (c) that the individual variability of maximum heart rate round the mean for the population is sufficiently small to use the mean in a routine test procedure without the introduction of large errors. Premises (b) and (c) are fully substantiated by the results reported here. Premise (a) is not strictly valid, as there is a bias of the order of 0.3 1. oxygen/min in the straight line relating heart rate and oxygen intake at high levels of work in most individuals. The errors involved in the method proposed by Astrand (1954) based on these premises have been examined and compared with those of an alternative procedure described in the present paper. The variance of maximum oxygen intake using the Astrand method, due to errors in measurement of heart rate alone, is of the order 0.53, compared with 0.26 of the procedure described in this paper. In addition, one measurement only of heart rate in the Astrand method introduces a bias of about 0.31. oxygen/min in the estimate of an individual maximum oxygen capacity of 3.0 1./min. The variance of maximum oxygen intake by the present method can be reduced by fitting a straight line by least squares to plots of four pairs of heart rate and oxygen intake values at four rates of work.