| dc.description.abstract | Twenty-one noneedentary college women volunteered to perform a maximal
exercise test on a Honark stationary cycle ergometer. The S's ranged in
age from 18-25 years. Each Ses maximal work load (watts), wt (kg), and
age were utilized to estimate V02max in relative (ml.kg-l.minl) and
absolute (L-mid1) terms, using the V02max prediction equation developed
by Storer, Davis, and Caiozzo (1990). Pearson's product moment
correlation coefficients were computed to measure the strength of the
relationship between the actual V02max obtained through direct gas
analysis and the predicted VOzmax using the Storer et al. (1990)
equation in relative and absolute terms. Relatively high correlations
between the actual and predicted values were revealed (r - .88 and r -
. 9 2 ) . Although a &-test revealed a significant difference at the .05
confidence level between the actual and predicted VOzmax values, the
majority of the estimations were within 10% of the actual VOzmax which
agrees with the results published by Storer et al. in 1990. It can be
concluded that the VOzmax prediction equation developed by Storer et al.
(1990) can be used to predict VOzmax in healthy, nonsedentary college
age women. | en |
