BACKGROUND Although preseason aerobic fitness has been suggested as a modifiable risk factor for injury in adult athletes, the relationship between aerobic fitness, injury, and illness in youth athletes is unknown. PURPOSE To determine whether preseason aerobic fitness predicts in-season injury and illness risk in female adolescent soccer players. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study; Level of e...

PURPOSE There is a significant association between insulin resistance and low cardiorespiratory fitness in nondiabetic subjects. In a population with risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), before they are insulin resistant, we investigated low exercise capacity (VO2max) as an early marker of impaired insulin sensitivity in order to determine earlier interventions to prevent development of ins...

Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between estimated oxygen consumption (VO2max) and handgrip strength (HGS) among healthy young Nigerian adults. Methods: was a cross sectional study, which involved 400 volunteers (171 males; 229 females) aged 18–40years. Participants’ HGS assessed using CAMRY EH-101 hand dynamometer while VO2max standard formula that includes measurement of rest...

BACKGROUND Maximum aerobic capacity (VO2max) is associated with lower cardiovascular and total mortality. Step tests can be used to provide an estimate of (VO2max) in epidemiological or home-based studies. We compared different methods of estimation of VO2max and heart rate recovery and evaluated the relationship of these estimates with cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS Data were analysed ...

The influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) on anthropometric variables and PPARG mRNA expression was investigated. Monozygotic twin pairs aged 11-18 years were grouped into discordant (D) and concordant (C) high and low VO2max groups. VO2max was determined by progressive maximal exercise test on treadmill with gas exchange analysis. Body mass (BM), BMI, waist circumference (WC), tricep...

OBJECTIVE To assess aerobic fitness in male and female adolescents using the multistage 20-metre shuttle run test and correlate it with selected fitness variables. METHOD The subjects comprised 83 girls and 64 boys aged 15-16 years, randomly selected from two segregated government schools in Muscat. After the pupils filled in a short questionnaire on their personal leisure time activities of ...

BackgroundObesity has been linked to a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The CVD outcomes appears be stratified by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). study's goal was determine the relationship between university students’ Body Mass Index (BMI) and CRF.MethodsBMI anthropometric measurements sedentary male (n = 25) female 18) voluntary physiotherapy students, aged 18–25 year...