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Reproducibility and validity of two anaerobic threshold methodologies with overweight women

Abstract

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The twofold purposes of this investigation were: to determine the reliability and validity of two noninvasive methods for determining anaerobic threshold (AT) and; to examine the effect of an aerobic training program on the AT. Twelve sedentary, overweight women participated in an 8 wk walk/jog program 3 dâ ¢wk⁻¹ at 70% VO<sub>2max</sub> with a concurrent hypocaloric diet. A computerized polynomial regression and four independent reviewers were used in an attempt to decrease the subjectivity of noninvasive AT estimation from data plots. Duplicate plots allowed determination of intra-reviewer variability for AT<sub>FEO2</sub> and AT<sub>VE/VO2</sub> estimation. All reviewers fell within the 2-10% variability range accepted for research and clinical purposes, respectively.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Health and Physical Education
Department dc:contributor.department
Health and Physical Education
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1987

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Pierce, Victoria F.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Herbert, William G.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Sebolt, Don R.
  • Rankin, Janet L. Walberg

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-11202012-040051
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45890

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Pierce, Victoria F.. Reproducibility and validity of two anaerobic threshold methodologies with overweight women. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45890