Validation of a Quick, Submaximal Tut of Maximal Oxygln Intakf

The purpose of this study was to validate a submaximal treadmill test for prediction of maximal oxygen consumption in fifteen male college students. This objective was accomplished by comparing maximal oxygen intake values recorded during a maximal treadmill test with those predicted from the submaximal test. Comparisons were also made among and between the true and predicted values and those estimated from the AstrandRhyming nomogram. Application of the analysis of variance techniques indicated that no significant difference existed between the criterion and the two predictors. The average error of prediction; however, was 8 percent for the submaximal test and 15 percent for the nomogram. The results of the study indicated that the submaximal test yielded a valid estimate of maximal oxygen intake and is more accurate than several of the commonly used submaximal tests. Ilnrl agsi f\pA jrcutit* Clmific«tion DOCUMENT CONTROL DATA R&D; f$*9*Htf < tmmUi »lion ml till*, bmdy ot *6«fMt f mnd indtMtng mnotmtlcn mutt 6# mr\90r*4 m on Iff uvarmll f#poff I» tlmaailltäj I ORlOlNATINS ACTIVIT* (Colpoimf tulhor) Center of Biotechnology and Human Performance Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409 *«. RIPOKT StCuniTV CL/tMIFICJkTION Unclassified lb CROUP NA I «t^OKT TltL« Validation of a Quick, Submaximal Test of Maximal Oxygen Intake x 4 DttCNirTlvt NOTItfTVp« ••) Submitted to Research Quarterly April, 1972 • >u TMOniii (Urn IMM. mIMIm Mlitol. Immi Ham») Alfred E. Coleman • «PORT D«TI April. 1972 H. CONTR/tCT OR OP4NT NO. DAAD05-69-C-0102 ». rnojccr NO. 1TO14501B81A <. Program Element 61102A * THEMIS Proposal No. 603 7«. TOTAL NO OF PAGII 16 76. NO. OF KIFt 15