Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42103365›Full record

ArticleBMJ open respiratory research2026

Reference values for maximum oxygen consumption (VO

Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Nethmi Nuwangi Jayasinghe, Chandrasegaran Anne Mathushani, Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Sajeewa Sriyadari Kusumsiri, Srikantharajah Hasviny, Korala Liyanage Hirushan Savindu Liyanage, Jayaweera Arachchige Ishanka Panchani Nayanathara, Naleem Fathima Nahthiya, Victor Micheal Benedict Kavinda Tharani Malwanage, Dasanayaka Arachchillage Renuka Kusum Dasanayaka

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in BMJ open respiratory research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

9 authors.

Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Nethmi Nuwangi JayasingheDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5032-2659
Chandrasegaran Anne MathushaniDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-9622-5472
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Sajeewa Sriyadari KusumsiriDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3010-5067
Srikantharajah HasvinyDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5112-9703
Korala Liyanage Hirushan Savindu LiyanageDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9837-9366
Jayaweera Arachchige Ishanka Panchani NayanatharaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4070-4703
Naleem Fathima NahthiyaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Victor Micheal Benedict Kavinda Tharani MalwanageDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Dasanayaka Arachchillage Renuka Kusum DasanayakaDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka renukadasanayaka@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3288-6999

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiovascular endurance, as measured by maximum oxygen consumption (VO

objectivesThis study aimed to establish reference values for VO METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 685 healthy undergraduates aged 20-25 years from various faculties of the University of Peradeniya. VO

resultsThe study found mean±SD (SD) VO

conclusionThis study provides reference values for VO

Indexed as

Cardiorespiratory FitnessOxygen ConsumptionPhysical FitnessAdultCross-Sectional StudiesExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleReference ValuesSri LankaYoung AdultExerciseResearch valuesRespiratory Measurement

Identifiers

PMID42103365
PMCPMC13157770

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.