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A new fitness test for cardiovascular epidemiology and exercise promotion
P Oja1, R Laukkanen, M Pasanen
1President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland.
Annals of Medicine
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
The present study suggests that the 2-km walking test is relatively simple to administer by trained instructors, it is as accurate in predicting VO2 max as most available indirect methods, and it is socially acceptable for a normal population. Thus, the test seems to provide a feasible alternative for the testing of cardiovascular fitness in epidemiological research and exercise promotion.