Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34806472›Full record

ArticleSports health

Baseline Aerobic Fitness in High School and College Football Players: Critical for Prescribing Safe Exercise Regimens.

Barry P Boden, Anwar E Ahmed, Kenneth M Fine, Michael J Craven, Patricia A Deuster

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Sports health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Barry P BodenThe Orthopaedic Center, a Division of CAO, Rockville, Maryland.
Anwar E AhmedDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kenneth M FineThe Orthopaedic Center, a Division of CAO, Rockville, Maryland.
Michael J CravenTrue Fitness Solutions, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia.
Patricia A DeusterConsortium for Health and Military Performance, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNontraumatic fatalities occur on a regular basis in high school (HS) and college football athletes, primarily in obese linemen performing high-intensity exercise. One contributing factor to these deaths may be a mismatch between baseline aerobic (cardiorespiratory) fitness and exercise regimens. HYPOTHESIS: There is a wide range of aerobic fitness in HS and college football players. Body mass index (BMI) is a safe and simple method for estimating baseline aerobic fitness. STUDY

designRetrospective cohort study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3.

methodsA retrospective review was performed on 79 HS football athletes who had VO

resultsMean VO

conclusionA large spectrum of baseline aerobic fitness was noted in HS and college football players. Obese players and linemen had statistically lower baseline aerobic fitness, a major risk factor for possible heat illness. BMI is an acceptable surrogate for VO CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Knowledge of BMI provides an estimate of baseline aerobic fitness and a foundation for prescribing safe, individualized exercise regimens.

Indexed as

FootballAthletesHumansObesityOverweightRetrospective StudiesUniversities6-minute run testfatalitiestraining guidelinesVO2 testing

Identifiers

PMID34806472
PMCPMC9214909

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.