Validation of the YMCA's guide to setting workloads for the submaximal cycle ergometer test

The YMCA cycle ergometer test is a nationally used submaximal test that measures heart rate response to an increasing exercise workload. Two exercise heart rates are used to estimate maximal physical working capacity. A workload guide was established to make testing more efficient. The principle underlying the workload guide was that the examiner would assess the heart rate response to the first low intensity workload and from there would set workloads according to the guide. Problems have occurred with the guide, specifically with the highest intensity workload column. The purpose of this study was to validate the YMCA's guide to setting workloads for the submaximal cycle ergometer test. It was found that 20 of the 98 subjects would have needed to be re-tested because the workload guide would have elicited heart rates of greater than 150 bpm. The third and fourth workload columns produced a significant number of invalid tests.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Kinesiology

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

1995

Author dc:creator

• Dacuma, Nicole Marie-Smith

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/514

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1513