Extended steep ramp test normative values for 19-24-year-old healthy active young adults.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To extend currently available sex and age-specific normative values in children and adolescents for the peak work rate (WRpeak) attained at the steep ramp test (SRT) to healthy active young adults. METHODS:Healthy male and female participants aged between 19 and 24 years were recruited. After screening and anthropometric measurements, participants performed a SRT on a cycle ergometer (increments of 25 W/10 s), monitoring and recording SRT-WRpeak, heart rate (HR), and blood pressure (BP) at rest and directly after peak exercise. RESULTS:Fifty-seven participants (31 males and 26 females; median age of 21.3 years) volunteered and were tested. Anthropometrics, resting BP and lung function were all within normal ranges. Ninety-three percent of the participants attained a peak HR (HRpeak

SUBMITTER: Werkman MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6969871 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature