Test-retest reliability of the Aerobic Power Index submaximal exercise test in an obese population

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-146

  Wallman, Karen E ^a   Campbell, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitness testing; Obesity; Submaximal exercise test

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION; POWER ANALYSIS; RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34147150183     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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