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  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment
  • Sports Medicine

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  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the gold standard for assessing cardiorespiratory fitness.
  • High costs and limited accessibility of CPET devices hinder widespread use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate equations for estimating maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) using readily available data from ergometric testing combined with ventilometry.
  • To provide a more accessible alternative for cardiorespiratory fitness assessment.

Main Methods:

  • 181 healthy volunteers (68 women, 54 men in regression group; 29 women, 30 men in cross-validation group) underwent incremental treadmill CPET.
  • Multiple stepwise linear regression was used to develop predictive equations for VO2max.
  • Statistical analyses included t-tests for mean comparisons and Cronbach's alpha for reliability.

Main Results:

  • Eight independent variables significantly predicted VO2max, including minute ventilation at VT-II, heart rate at VT-II, body mass, BMI, fat percentage, age, sex, velocity at VT-II, test time at VT-II, and final test velocity.
  • Two distinct equations were derived: one for active subjects and another for sedentary subjects, incorporating these significant variables.

Conclusions:

  • Combining parameters from maximal ergometric tests with ventilometry significantly improves the accuracy of VO2max estimation equations.
  • These developed equations offer a practical and more accessible approach to assessing cardiorespiratory fitness.