Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 1 160-165, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Variability of responses across training levels to maximal treadmill exercise

S. B. Kyle, B. L. Smoak, L. W. Douglass and P. A. Deuster
Department of Military Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799.

The variability of peak VO2 (ml/min, ml.kg-1.min-1), time on treadmill (TMILLTM), maximal heart rate (HRmax), respiratory exchange ratio at peak VO2 (Rmax), rate of respiration at peak VO2 (FREQ), and exercise-induced changes in plasma lactate concentration (LACDIF) was measured across three maximal treadmill runs in five highly trained, seven moderately trained, and five untrained males. No effect of training level on the variability of any of the parameters was found. Test-retest correlation coefficients for peak VO2 (r = 0.95, run 1 with run 2; r = 0.92, run 1 with run 3; r = 0.92, run 2 with run 3) were similar to previously reported values. Variance component distributions suggested that the underlying physiological mechanisms of response for peak VO2, TMILLTM, and HRmax were different from those of FREQ, Rmax, and LACDIF. Minimum detectable differences for peak VO2 (ml.kg-1.min-1, n = 5, minimum detectable within subject difference, 11.5%; minimum detectable among subject effects, 21.3%) indicated a need for careful attention to research design in future studies.

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