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Cardiovascular Research
Variation in retest results should be considered when evaluating exercise
January 13th, 2005
A recent report on aerobic and functional capacity in a group of healthy women provides reference values and repeatability. According to the report from Sweden, "Twenty-five randomly selected, low or moderately fit and healthy women (22-44 years) rated their perceived physical capacity and performed an incremental cycle exercise test with respiratory gas analysis. The aerobic and functional capacity did not decrease with age. However, tauVO2 increased with age." A.G. Wisen and colleagues of Lund University Hospital reported, "The mean value of the perceived physical capacity was 10 metabolic equivalents and that of VO2max 2075...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-13)
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