01:377:371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Breathing, Exercise Intensity, Pyruvic Acid
3 Aug 2018
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Vo2max lab question: the advantage of directly measuring vo2max versus estimating is that by doing a maximal effort test, one can directly measure body oxygen consumption. Hence these results are more reliable than indirectly measuring vo2max. A reasons why a person would want to do a submaximal test, which is an indirect measure of. Vo2max, is because it is more cost efficient compared to maximal effort testing. To directly measure a patients vo2max, expensive equipment is required. Without this equipment available, then a person must turn to indirect, submaximal tests to estimate vo2max. Another reason why a person would want to estimate vo2max indirectly is because of their subject type. For example, maximal effort testing is regularly not appropriate for elderly subjects, due to the high risk of excessive stress on the heart. A submaximal test and prediction equations are better suited for this specific population: the criteria that must be met during maximal aerobic testing in order to assure.
