scholarly journals Correlation between the results of three physical fitness tests (endurance, strength, speed) and the output measured during a bicycle ergometer test in a cohort of military servicemen

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Sammito ◽  
Nils Gundlach ◽  
Irina Böckelmann
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
Endurance Strength ◽  
Fitness Tests ◽  
Ergometer Test ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer Test

Test–retest reliability and responsiveness to change of clinical tests of physical fitness in patients with acute coronary syndrome included in the SWEDEHEART register

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 486-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Hellmark ◽  
Maria Bäck
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Shoulder Flexion ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Ergometer Test ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer Test ◽  
Heel Lift

Background: To maximise the benefits obtainable from exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, an evaluation of physical fitness using reliable, clinically relevant tests is strongly recommended. Recently, objective tests of physical fitness have been implemented in the SWEDEHEART register. The reliability of these tests has, however, not been examined for patients with acute coronary syndrome. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the test–retest reliability and responsiveness to change of the symptom-limited bicycle ergometer test, the dynamic unilateral heel-lift test and the unilateral shoulder-flexion test in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Methods: In a longitudinal study design, a total of 40 patients (mean age 63.8 ± 9.5 years, five women), with ACS, aged < 75 years, were included at a university hospital in Sweden. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) with a 95% confidence interval, standard error of measurement (SEM) and responsiveness in terms of the minimal detectable change were calculated. Results: Excellent reliability was found, showing ICC values of 0.98 (0.96–0.99), SEM 4.71 for the bicycle ergometer test, ICC 0.87 (0.75–0.93), SEM 4.62 for the shoulder-flexion test and ICC 0.84 (0.71–0.91), SEM 2.24 for the heel-lift test. The minimal detectable change was 13 W, 13 and 6 repetitions for the bicycle ergometer test, shoulder-flexion and heel-lift tests respectively. Conclusions: The test–retest reliability of clinical tests evaluating physical fitness in patients with acute coronary syndrome included in the SWEDEHEART register was excellent. This makes the future comparison and evaluation of treatment effects in large unselected clinical populations of acute coronary syndrome possible.

Use of respiratory quotients in assessment of aerobic work capacity

1962 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Issekutz ◽  
N. C. Birkhead ◽  
K. Rodahl
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Output ◽  
Ergometer Test ◽  
Aerobic Work Capacity ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer Test ◽  
Better Than

Oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide output were measured in 32 untrained subjects during exercise on the bicycle ergometer. It was shown that the work respiratory quotient (RQ) under standardized conditions can be used as a measure of physical fitness. ΔRQ (work RQ minus 0.75) increases logarithmically with the work load and maximal O2 uptake is reached at a ΔRQ value of 0.40. This observation offered the possibility of predicting the maximal O2 uptake of a person, based on the measurement of RQ during a single bicycle ergometer test at a submaximal load. For each work RQ between 0.95 and 1.15 a factor was presented, together with the aid of a simple equation, which gave a good approximation (generally better than ±10%) of the maximal O2 uptake.

Exercise- and cold-induced changes in plasma beta-endorphin and beta-lipotropin in men and women

1987 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 622-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Viswanathan ◽  
J. P. Van Dijk ◽  
T. E. Graham ◽  
A. Bonen ◽  
J. C. George
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Bout ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
Thermoregulatory Response ◽  
O2 Uptake ◽  
Beta Endorphin ◽  
Exposure Levels ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
Ergometer Test ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer Test

The plasma beta-endorphin (beta-EP) and beta-lipotropin (beta-LPH) response of men, eumenorrheic women, and amenorrheic women (n = 6) to 1 h of rest or to a bicycle ergometer test [20 min at 30% maximum O2 uptake (VO2max), 20 min at 60% VO2max, and at 90% VO2max to exhaustion] was studied in both normal (22 degrees C) and cold (5 degrees C) environments. beta-EP and beta-LPH was measured by radioimmunoassay in venous samples collected every 20 min during rest or after each exercise bout. Exhaustive exercise at ambient temperature (Ta) 22 degrees C induced significant increases in plasma beta-EP and beta-LPH in all subjects as did work at 60% VO2max in amenorrheic and eumenorrheic women. During work at Ta 5 degrees C, the relative increase in beta-EP and beta-LPH was suppressed in eumenorrheic women and completely prevented in amenorrheic women. Although significant lowering of beta-EP and beta-LPH was observed in men and eumenorrheic women during rest at 5 degrees C, amenorrheic women maintained precold exposure levels. These findings suggest that plasma beta-EP and beta-LPH may reflect a thermoregulatory response to heat load. There appears to be a sexual dimorphism in exercise- and cold-induced release of beta-EP and beta-LPH and amenorrhea may be accompanied by alterations in these responses.

Training-induced changes in hormonal and metabolic responses to submaximal exercise

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Winder ◽  
R. C. Hickson ◽  
J. M. Hagberg ◽  
A. A. Ehsani ◽  
J. A. McLane
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
Submaximal Exercise ◽  
Metabolic Responses ◽  
Plasma Glucagon ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
Ergometer Test ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer Test

Plasma glucagon and catecholamines increase during prolonged submaximal exercise, but the magnitude of the increase is less in endurance-trained individuals than in untrained subjects. We have studied the rapidity at which this adaptation occurs. Six initially untrained healthy subjects exercised vigorously (on bicycle ergometers and by running) 30–50 min/day, 6 days/wk, for 9 wk. Prior to the beginning of training and at 3-wk intervals thereafter, participants were subjected to 90-min bicycle ergometer test work loads that elicited 58 +/- 2% of the subjects' initial maximal oxygen consumption. The major proportion of the training-induced decrement in plasma glucagon and catecholamine responses to exercise was seen after 3 wk of training. We conclude that the hormonal component of the training adaptation occurs very early in the course of a vigorous endurance training program.

SOSTOYaNIE KARDIORESPIRATORNOY SISTEMY U BOL'NYKh S IV STEPEN'Yu GRUDNOGO SKOLIOZA DO I POSLE OPERATIVNOGO LEChENIYa

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
A G Avtandilov ◽  
S T Vetrile ◽  
D I Nemanova ◽  
A A Kuleshov
Keyword(s):  
Bicycle Ergometer ◽  
External Respiration ◽  
Cardiorespiratory System ◽  
Right Ventricular Wall ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ergometer Test ◽  
Lower Size ◽  
Respiration Function ◽  
Bicycle Ergometer Test ◽  
Better Than

Cardiorespiratory system was examined in 33 patients with thoracic scoliosis of degree IV (15 - nonsurgical, 18 - surgical treatment). Eighteen surgically treatment patients were operated using Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation and were examined within 1-3 years after surgery. Examination included evaluation of external respiration function, echocardiography (ECG), bicycle ergometer test (BEMT). It was shown that postsurgically the function of external respiration was better than in nonsurgically treated patients. ECG showed reliably lower size and thickness of the right ventricular wall as well as considerably lower level of pulmonary hypertension. Tolerance to physical load at BEMT, level of working capacity and the term of restoration was reliably better in surgically treated patients.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document