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Classification of selected cardiopulmonary variables of elite athletes of different age, gender, and disciplines during incremental exercise testing.
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- Sport-specific performance assessment with oxygen uptake measurements in time trials and critical power tests.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Effect of Dark Chocolate Consumption on Arterial Function in Endurance Male Runners: Prospective Cohort Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Assessment of Peak Oxygen Uptake with a Smartwatch and its Usefulness for Training of Runners.International journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- A Multi-Systems Approach to Human Movement after ACL Reconstruction: The Cardiopulmonary System.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Parameters in Athletic Population: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Brachial and central blood pressure and arterial stiffness in adult elite athletes.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Integrating the Evidence and Clinical Expertise in the Shared Decision and Graduated Return to Sport Process: A Time Series Case Study after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture and Reconstruction.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2019Article
- Aerobic fitness in professional soccer players after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Incremental exercise testing is frequently used as a tool for evaluating determinants of endurance performance. The available reference values for the peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), % of VO2peak, running speed at the lactate threshold (vLT), running economy (RE), and maximal running speed (vpeak) for different age, gender, and disciplines are not sufficient for the elite athletic population. The key variables of 491 young athletes (age range 12-21 years; 250 males, 241 females) assessed during a running step test protocol (2.4 m s(-1); increase 0.4 m s(-1) 5 min(-1)) were analysed in five subgroups, which were related to combat-, team-, endurance-, sprint- and power-, and racquet-related disciplines. Compared with female athletes, male athletes achieved a higher vpeak (P = 0.004). The body mass, lean body mass, height, abs. VO2peak (ml min(-1)), rel. VO2peak (ml kg(-1) min(-1)), rel. VO2peak (ml min(-1) kg(-0.75)), and RE were higher in the male participants compared with the females (P < 0.01). The % of VO2 at vLT was lower in the males compared with the females (P < 0.01). No differences between gender were detected for the vLT (P = 0.17) and % of VO2 at vLT (P = 0.42). This study is one of the first to provide a broad spectrum of data to classify nearly 500 elite athletes aged 12-21 years of both gender and different disciplines.
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