自覚的運動強度を用いた全身持久性体力推定法の総合的検討: 最大下多段階漸増負荷サイクリングテストを利用して

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A study was conducted to develop prediction equations for cardiorespiratory fitness (maximal oxygen uptake : VO_2max and oxygen uptake at anaerobic threshold : VO_2AT) in Japanese adult men and women. Eighty-three healthy men and 86 healthy women, aged 20-64 years (41.1±13.5 and 41.5±13.5, respectively), were recruited as subjects. Mean (±SD) of VO_2max and VO_2AT measured during a cycling test were 37.2±6.4 and 20.5±4.7 ml/kg/min, respectively, in men and 32.7±7.3 and 17.8±4.1 ml/kg/min, respectively, in women. In this study 36 kinds of equations applicable to each sex were developed using all the subjects (n=169) . These equations consisted of independent variables such as work rate divided by body weight (W/Wt), age and body fat percentage (%Fat), which were signficantly correlated with measured VO_2max and VO_2AT. Multiple correlation coefficients (R) and standard errors of estimate (SEE) of the equations ranged from 0.641 to 0.830 (P<0.05) and from 3.66 to 4.98 ml/kg/min, respectively, for VO_2max and from 0.661 to 0.815 (P<0.05) and from 2.77 to 3.20 ml/kg/min, respectively, for VO_2AT. Reliability coefficients (r) between the first and second tests were 0.911 in men and 0.873 in women for VO_2max, and 0.869 in men and 0.770 in women for VO_2AT, all of which were statistically significant (P<0.05) . It is concluded that the equations developed in the present study have the merits of simplicity, economy, accuracy and reliability. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of safety and convenience, the following prediction equations are recommended.
(Male)
VO_2max (ml/kg/min) =6.57 W_{RPE-legs 15}/Wt-0.19 Age-0.36%Fat+41.29
(R=0.830, SEE=3.66 ml/kg/min)
VO_2AT (ml/kg/min) =7.35 W_{RPE-legs 14}/Wt-0.06Age-0.23%Fat+15.62
(R=0.815, SEE=2.77 ml/kg/min)
(Female)
VO_2max (ml/kg/min) =7.30 W_{RPE-legs 15}/Wt-0.12 Age-0.46%Fat+37.32
(R=0.828, SEE =4.16 ml/kg/min)
VO_2AT (ml/kg/min) =5.03 W_{RPE-legs 14}/Wt-0.01 Age-0.16%Fat+14.15
(R=0.680, SEE=3.06 ml/kg/min)