Estimation of Maximum Oxygen Uptake in Adults from AAHPER Youth Fitness Test Items |
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| Authors: | Harold B Falls A H Ismail D F Macleod |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas , USA;2. Purdue University , Lafayette , Indiana , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The validity of estimating maximum oxygen uptake from AAHPER Youth Fitness Test items was determined utilizing 87 adult subjects. Multiple correlations were obtained utilizing the motor fitness items as independent variables. Three dependent variables were investigated for relationship to the independent variables (gross O2 uptake, O2 uptake/kg body wt., O2 uptake/kg lean body wt.). The multiple correlation of the AAHPER items with O2 uptake/kg body wt. (0.760) was higher than with the other two variables. It was determined by multiple regression techniques that a subset of four of the independent variables could be used to get an estimate of O2 uptake/kg body wt. with an associated standard error of ± 12 percent of the estimated values. This was compared with the standard errors of more complicated estimation methods. |
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