Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-11-2021

Publication Title

Sports

Publisher

MDPI

Volume

9

Issue

1

First page number:

1

Last page number:

10

Abstract

Background: Low cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with increased risk of hypertension and atherosclerosis in adults with prehypertension. The purpose of this study was to quantify cardiorespiratory fitness and to examine the utility of supramaximal constant-load verification testing for validating maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) attainment in adults with prehypertension. Methods: Eleven adults (four women) with prehypertension (22.5 +/- 2.9 y; body mass index (BMI): 24.6 +/- 3.2 kg center dot m(2)) underwent an incremental exercise test followed 15 min later by a verification test at 105% of maximal work rate on a cycle ergometer. Results: There was no statistical difference in VO2 between the incremental (2.23 +/- 0.54 L center dot min(-1)) and verification tests (2.28 +/- 0.54 L center dot min(-1); p = 0.180). Only three out of eleven participants had a higher VO2 during the verification when compared with the incremental test. If the verification test had not been conducted, one participant would have been incorrectly classified as having low cardiorespiratory fitness based on incremental test results alone. Conclusions: Verification testing validates the attainment of VO2max and can potentially reduce the over-diagnosis of functional impairment (i.e., deconditioning) in adults with prehypertension.

Keywords

Blood pressure; Aerobic fitness; 3-min all-out exercise test; VO2max; Deconditioning

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Sports Sciences

File Format

pdf

File Size

1135 KB

Language

English

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
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