Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the usefulness of the Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope (OUES) using upper limb ergometer. We measured the OUES for 10 healthy males using upper and lower limb ergometers. The results showed that the OUES of the upper limb is 84% of the lower limb's, and was significantly low (p<0.05). As for the relationship of peak VO2, the correlation coefficients of the upper limb and lower limb ergometers were r= 0.90 and r= 0.92, respectively, revealing significant correlation (p<0.05). From the result that the correlation coefficient between OUES and peak VO2 is higher than that between anaerobic threshold (AT) and peak VO2, the usefulness of the specific activity scale by OUES obtained with an upper limb ergometer is suggested.
