Tests of Maximum Oxygen Intake A Critical Review

Textbook of Work Physiology

1970 • 4,535 citations

Maximal oxygen intake and nomographic assessment of functional aerobic impairment in cardiovascular disease

1973 • 1,999 citations

Aerobic work capacity in men and women with special reference to age.

1960 • 1,579 citations

Maximal Oxygen Intake as an Objective Measure of Cardio-Respiratory Performance

1955 • 1,348 citations

Clinical exercise testing

1976 • 1,274 citations

Effects of pH on the myofilaments and the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned cells from cardiace and skeletal muscles.

1978 • 1,086 citations

Human biology: A guide to field methods;

1969 • 985 citations

Muscular Exercise, Lactic Acid, and the Supply and Utilization of Oxygen

1923 • 968 citations

Physiological Analysis of Middle-Aged and Old Former Athletes

1968 • 966 citations

Response to Exercise After Bed Rest and After Training.

1969 • 810 citations

Maximal oxygen uptake in athletes.

1967 • 795 citations

Experimental studies of physical working capacity in relation to sex and age

1952 • 756 citations

Cardiac output during submaximal and maximal work

1964 • 694 citations

Effect of pH on the Kinetics of Frog Muscle Phosphofructokinase

1966 • 647 citations

THE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEANING OF THE MAXIMAL OXYGEN INTAKE TEST1

1958 • 520 citations

Maximal oxygen uptake and heart rate in various types of muscular activity

1961 • 481 citations

Muscle Metabolism During Exercise

1971 • 403 citations

Bruce treadmill test in children: Normal values in a clinic population

1978 • 372 citations

Cardiac output in athletes.

1968 • 347 citations

Hemodynamic response to work with different muscle groups, sitting and supine.

1967 • 345 citations

The maximum oxygen intake. An international reference standard of cardiorespiratory fitness.

1968 • 345 citations

Time Course of Changes in Human Skeletal Muscle Succinate Dehydrogenase and Cytochrome Oxidase Activities and Maximal Oxygen Uptake with Physical Activity and Inactivity

1977 • 342 citations

Circulation in Healthy Old Men, Studied by Right Heart Catheterization at Rest and During Exercise in Supine and Sitting Position

1964 • 297 citations

Fundamentals of Exercise Testing.

1972 • 274 citations

Differential, direct effects of H+ on Ca2+-activated force of Skinned fibers from the soleus, cardiac and adductor magnus muscles of rabbits

1978 • 274 citations

Functional adaptations to physical activity and inactivity.

1980 • 272 citations

Oxygen uptake during the first minutes of heavy muscular exercise

1961 • 263 citations

PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE

1972 • 258 citations

Maximal Oxygen Intake and Its Relation to Body Composition, With Special Reference to Chronic Physical Activity and Obesity

1957 • 254 citations

The Influence of Hydrogen Ion Concentration on Calcium Binding and Release by Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

1972 • 253 citations

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VAN DEN BERGH REACTION

1947 • 253 citations

Physical Activity and Aging

2024 • 246 citations

Energetics of swimming in man.

1974 • 218 citations

Maximal oxygen uptake during exercise with various combinations of arm and leg work

1976 • 202 citations

Limitations to the prediction of maximum oxygen intake from cardiac frequency measurements.

1968 • 197 citations

Exercise tests. A survey of procedures, safety, and litigation experience in approximately 170,000 tests

1971 • 195 citations

A hemodynamic study of acute coronary insufficiency precipitated by exercise

1966 • 193 citations

Biological variability in maximum aerobic power

1982 • 182 citations

A PRACTICAL METHOD OF ESTIMATING AN INDIVIDUAL'S MAXIMAL OXYGEN INTAKE

1961 • 182 citations

Biochemical Adaptations to Exercise; Aerobic Metabolism1

1973 • 174 citations

Oxygen uptake during swimming in man.

1972 • 171 citations

Central circulation during exercise after venesection and reinfusion of red blood cells

1976 • 170 citations

A Longitudinal Study of Adaptive Changes in Oxygen Transport and Body Composition

1968 • 170 citations

Use of respiratory quotients in assessment of aerobic work capacity

1962 • 165 citations

LIMITING FACTORS OF PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

1975 • 160 citations

Indirect determination of maximal O₂ consumption in man

1965 • 158 citations

Limitations to prediction of maximal oxygen intake

1964 • 157 citations

Comparison of continuous and discontinuous treadmill and bicycle tests for max Vo2.

1973 • 150 citations

Cardiac output during submaximal and maximal exercise in active middle-aged athletes.

1966 • 145 citations

Effect of Age and Other Factors on Maximal Heart Rate

1982 • 145 citations

Determination of the Physical Working Capacity. A Physiological and Clinical Study with special reference to Standardization of Cardio-Pulmonary Functional Tests.

1948 • 141 citations

Degree of Strain during Building Work as related to Individual Aerobic Work Capacity

1967 • 141 citations

Maximum and submaximum exercise tests in men and women in the seventh, eighth, and ninth decades of life

1977 • 139 citations

Muscular factors which determine the cardiovascular responses to sustained and rhythmic exercise.

1967 • 139 citations

Comparison of maximal oxygen uptake values determined by predicted and actual methods

1965 • 137 citations

The New Aerobics

1970 • 136 citations

Maximum oxygen intake and maximum heart rate during strenuous work

1959 • 133 citations

Physical training, oxygen supply and muscle metabolism in 11-13-year old boys.

1972 • 129 citations

The effects on the respiration and performance during exercise of adding oxygen to the inspired air

1954 • 128 citations

A Comparison of the Reproducibility and Physiologic Response to Three Maximal Treadmill Exercise Protocols

1974 • 126 citations

A comparison of three maximal treadmill exercise protocols.

1974 • 123 citations

The Canadian Home Fitness Test as a predictor for aerobic capacity.

1976 • 120 citations

Wirkungen und Wechselwirkungen von Substraten und Effektoren an der Phosphofructokinase des Kaninchen-Skeletmuskels

1968 • 119 citations

Biochemical Adaptations to Exercise Anaerobic Metabolism

1973 • 119 citations

Human Physiological Work Capacity

1978 • 118 citations

Semiautomated systems approach to the assessment of oxygen uptake during exercise

1974 • 114 citations

Oxygen transport during exercise in human subjects.

1973 • 114 citations

An automated system for assessing metabolic and respiratory function during exercise

1976 • 110 citations

Physiological aspects of rowing

1971 • 108 citations

The effect of age and athletic training on the maximal heart rate during muscular exercise

1968 • 106 citations

Cardiac Output During Muscular Work and Its Regulation

1955 • 105 citations

Cardiovascular responses to submaximum and maximum effort cycling and running.

1971 • 103 citations

Influence of age and sex on exercise cardiac output

1965 • 100 citations

Determination of maximal aerobic power during upper-body exercise

1983 • 100 citations

Specificity of cardiorespiratory adaptation to bicycle and treadmill training.

1974 • 99 citations

Investigation of circadian rhythms in metabolic responses to exercise

1982 • 96 citations

Metabolic and cardiorespiratory response during free swimming and treadmill walking.

1971 • 96 citations

Energy cost of "hard work"

1970 • 93 citations

Cardiovascular responses to sudden strenuous exercise--heart rate, blood pressure, and ECG.

1973 • 90 citations

Measurement of forces exerted on pedal and crank during work on a bicycle ergometer at different loads

1968 • 88 citations

Science and Medicine of Exercise and Sports

1960 • 88 citations

Responses to exercise of paraplegics who differ in conditioning level

1975 • 87 citations

Individual variations in the metabolic cost of standardized exercises: the effects of food, age, sex and race

1953 • 82 citations

Physiological characteristics of trained Australian paraplegic and tetraplegic subjects

1979 • 81 citations

Maximal aerobic power during laddermill climbing, uphill running, and cycling.

1972 • 81 citations

Exercise and sport biology

1982 • 81 citations

Limiting factors for aerobic muscle performance. The influence of varying oxygen pressure and temperature.

1970 • 78 citations

Physical Fitness Appraisal and Guidance

1947 • 77 citations

Characteristics of elite male and female ski racers

1980 • 76 citations

An analysis of age and other factors related to maximal oxygen uptake.

1967 • 74 citations

CLINICAL CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY

1961 • 74 citations

The physiologic basis of training patients with emphysema.

1967 • 73 citations

Standardization of submaximal exercise tests.

1968 • 73 citations

$$\dot VO_2 $$ peak during free swimming using the backward extrapolation of the O2 recovery curve

1981 • 70 citations

Physiological Effects of Repeated Exercise

1970 • 66 citations

The control of blood flow through human forearm muscles following brief isometric contractions.

1979 • 66 citations

Reliability and reproducibility of maximal oxygen uptake measurement in children

1977 • 65 citations

Relationship of Maximal Oxygen Consumption to Various Components of Body Composition

1958 • 65 citations

Physical activity and growth

1982 • 64 citations

Effects of physical training on cardiovascular function following myocardial infarction

1979 • 63 citations

BICYCLE ERGOMETER MEASUREMENT OF MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE IN CHILDREN

1967 • 60 citations

Oxygen tension and acid-base equilibria in venous blood of working muscle

1968 • 60 citations

Pediatric work physiology

1978 • 58 citations

Circadian rhythm in indices of human performance, physical fitness and stress resistance.

1968 • 57 citations

Sudden Death—A Significant Hazard of Exercise?

1974 • 56 citations

Maximal aerobic capacity on the treadmill and bicycle ergometer of boys 11-14 years of age.

1977 • 56 citations

Physical Work Capacity

1961 • 56 citations

Lactate Production During Exercise

1971 • 56 citations

Circadian changes in resting heart rate and body temperature, maximal oxygen consumption and perceived exertion

1982 • 54 citations

Submaximal tests for estimating maximum oxygen intake.

1967 • 54 citations

The energy cost of cross-country skiing among elite competitors

1979 • 54 citations

Cardiac outputs during maximum effort running and swimming.

1971 • 54 citations

The use of multistage exercise testing with wheelchair ergometry and arm cranking in subjects with spinal cord lesions

1977 • 53 citations

Cardiorespiratory fitness of an Arctic community.

1971 • 52 citations

Physical Work Capacity During the Day and at Night

1974 • 52 citations

Comparative Exercise-Cardiorespiratory Performance of Normal Men in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Decades of Life

1968 • 51 citations

Backward extrapolation of Vo2max values from the O2 recovery curve

1980 • 48 citations

Exercise at Altitude

1983 • 48 citations

Criteria for maximum oxygen uptake in men over 40 in a population survey.

1972 • 48 citations

Oxygen Uptake during Maximal Work at Lowered and Raised Ambient Air Pressures

1973 • 48 citations

Effect of Training Specificity on Maximal Treadmill and Bicycle Ergometer Exercise

1982 • 48 citations

Measurement of maximal aerobic capacity.

1967 • 46 citations

The working capacity of Toronto schoolchildren. II.

1969 • 45 citations

Specificity of training effects resulting from programs of treadmill running and bicycle ergometer riding.

1972 • 45 citations

The Prediction of ‘Maximal’ Oxygen Consumption Using a New Progressive Step Test

1967 • 45 citations

On muscle strength and the threshold of anaerobic work

1969 • 44 citations

Effect of warm-up on metabolic responses to strenuous exercise

1975 • 44 citations

Metabolism and pulse rate in physically handicapped when propelling a wheel chair up and incline

1969 • 43 citations

Measurement in Exercise Electrocardiography.

1971 • 42 citations

Maximale körperliche Arbeit bei Atmung O₂‐reicher Luft¹

1937 • 41 citations

Quality control of exercise test measurements

1979 • 41 citations

Muscle ATP, CP, and Lactate During Exercise After Physical Conditioning

1971 • 40 citations

Effect of body position during cycling on heart rate, pulmonary ventilation, oxygen uptake and work output.

1978 • 40 citations

Determination of Human Leg Blood Flow: A Thermodilution Technique Based on Femoral Venous Bolus Injection

1978 • 39 citations

Frontiers of fitness

1971 • 38 citations

Maximal exercise testing in assessing cardiovascular function.

1969 • 38 citations

The effect on &OV0312;o2 max of adding arm work to maximal leg work

1974 • 37 citations

Alterations in aerobic-anaerobic proportions of metabolism during work in heat

1980 • 37 citations

Training and Oxygen Conductance in the Elderly I. The Respiratory System

1978 • 36 citations

Long-term spiroergometric studies of paraplegics during the clinical period of rehabilitation

1973 • 36 citations

Effects of severe prior exercise on assessment of maximal oxygen uptake

1978 • 36 citations

An ergometric analysis of age group swimmers.

1981 • 34 citations

Can We Identify Those for Whom Exercise is Hazardous?

1984 • 34 citations

Optimale k�rperliche Leistungsf�higkeit, ihre Messung und Ver�nderung infolge Arbeitserm�dung

1954 • 32 citations

Studies of the maximum capacity of men for physical effort

1966 • 32 citations

Ueber progressive Muskelatrophie

1886 • 31 citations

Training of the oxygen transport system in man

1967 • 31 citations

Training and Oxygen Conductance in the Elderly. II. the Cardiovascular System

1978 • 30 citations

A rapid method for the determination of aerobic capacity

1963 • 28 citations

A nomogram to calculate the oxygen-cost of running at slow speeds.

1969 • 28 citations

An evaluation of a treadmill work test.

1979 • 27 citations

A comparison of continuous and intermittent progressive multistage exercise testing.

1978 • 26 citations

Advances in exercise physiology

1976 • 25 citations

Measurements of cardiac output in maximum exercise. Application of an acetylene rebreathing method to arm and leg exercise

1971 • 25 citations

Maximum exercise in oxygen

1961 • 25 citations

Aerobics for Women

1972 • 24 citations

Seasonal changes in cyclists' performance. Part I. The British Olympic road race squad.

1982 • 24 citations

The maximal exercise ECG in asymptomatic men.

1972 • 23 citations

Arm cycloergometry and kinetics of oxygen consumption in paraplegics

1977 • 23 citations

Ischaemic Heart Disease and Exercise

1981 • 22 citations

Mechanical work and efficiency in swimming crawl and back strokes

1939 • 22 citations

The calibration of bicycle ergometers

1968 • 22 citations

[Actions and interactions of substrates and effectors of phosphofructokinase from rabbit skeletal muscle].

1968 • 21 citations

Evaluation of aerobic capacity in lean and obese women with four test procedures.

1969 • 21 citations

Variance of direct and indirect measurements of aerobic power.

1978 • 20 citations

Circadian variation in physiological responses to exercise on a stationary bicycle ergometer.

1975 • 20 citations

Comparison of the physiologic response to varying intensities of submaximal work in tethered swimming and treadmill running.

1971 • 20 citations

Physiological effects of training in elite swimmers as measured by a free swimming test.

1981 • 20 citations

Mechanical and physiological calibration of four cycle ergometers.

1982 • 20 citations

Peripheral factors as limitations to exercise capacity.

1982 • 19 citations

Continuous Recording of Cardiac and Respiratory Functions in Normal and Handicapped People

1967 • 19 citations

Some factors affecting accuracy of Canadian Home Fitness Test scores.

1979 • 19 citations

The variability of repeated measurements of oxygen debt in man following a maximal treadmill exercise

1973 • 19 citations

Physical work capacity in hyperbaric environments and conditions of hyperoxia

1970 • 18 citations

Effects on maximal oxygen intake of acute changes in altitude in a deep mine

1970 • 18 citations

Comparaison de deux m�thodes de mesure de la consommation maximum d'oxyg�ne

1966 • 18 citations

Maximum exercise tests on "postcoronary" patients

1976 • 17 citations

Determinations of performance and mechanical efficiency in nordic skiing.

1979 • 17 citations

Effect of a Meal on Cardiopulmonary and Metabolic Changes During Exercise

1973 • 17 citations

Cardiorespiratory responses to maximal treadmill and bicycle exercise in trained and untrained subjects.

1978 • 17 citations

Body Weight and the Energy Cost of Activity

1973 • 16 citations

Population aspects of human working capacity

1980 • 15 citations

Elicitation of Maximal Oxygen Uptake from Standing Bicycle Ergometry

1980 • 15 citations

The fit athlete

1978 • 14 citations

Equipment Note A sport-specific training and testing device for racing cyclists

1981 • 14 citations

Cardio-respiratory fitness and muscular strength in the lower-limb disabled.

1981 • 14 citations

Ergometry: Basics of Medical Exercise Testing

1980 • 14 citations

Step increment versus constant load tests for determination of maximal oxygen uptake

1976 • 14 citations

Physical Fitness Assessment. Principles, Practice and Application.

1978 • 13 citations

[Comparison of 2 methods for measuring maximum oxygen consumption].

1966 • 13 citations

The development of cardio-respiratory fitness.

1965 • 12 citations

[Optimum physical working capacity, its measurement and change as a result of the working fatigue].

1954 • 12 citations

The metabolic cost of industrial activity in relation to weight.

1966 • 11 citations

Clinico-physiologic evaluation of physical working capacity in persons with pulmonary disease. Rationale and application of a method based on estimating maximal oxygen-consuming capacity from MBC and O-2ve. I.

1966 • 11 citations

Ultrastructural Adaptation of Skeletal Muscle to Prolonged Physical Exercise

1975 • 11 citations

The daily work-load of the postal carrier.

1982 • 11 citations

The relationship of body weight on maximum oxygen uptake and heavy-work endurance capacity on the bicycle ergometer

1971 • 10 citations

Equal Opportunity for a Geriatric Labor Force: Some Observations on Marine Surveying

1983 • 9 citations

Varied intensity treadmill protocols for the measurement of maximal oxygen uptake.

1977 • 9 citations

Determinants of oxygen consumption and maximum oxygen intake of Bantu and Caucasian males

1969 • 9 citations

Respiratory gas exchange ratio and prediction of aerobic power

1975 • 9 citations

Altitude training camps.

1974 • 9 citations

COMPARISONS BETWEEN BICYCLE ERGOMETRY AND TREADMILL WALKING MAXIMUM CAPACITY TESTS

1971 • 9 citations

Training and electrocardiographic abnormalities in the elderly.

1977 • 8 citations

EVALUATION OF THE BECKMAN METABOLIC MEASUREMENT CART

1982 • 8 citations

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health. Concluding remarks.

1967 • 8 citations

SOME LABORATORY AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS ON THE HARVARD PACK TEST

1955 • 7 citations

Walk of jog for health. II. Estimating the maximum aerobic capacity for exercise.

1971 • 7 citations

For exercise testing, please. A review of procedures available to the clinician.

1970 • 7 citations

Biological rhythms of PWC170 and maximal oxygen intake.

1981 • 7 citations

The endurance time on a bicycle ergometer as a test for marathon speed skaters.

1980 • 7 citations

Deterioration and restoration of physical fitness after trauma.

1969 • 7 citations

Studies of the maximum capacity of men for physical effort

1966 • 6 citations

A comparison of methods for eliciting maximum oxygen uptake from college women during treadmill walking

1973 • 6 citations

Blood Doping: An Update

1981 • 6 citations

Aerobic capacity and oxygen debt related to canoe racing performance

1982 • 6 citations

Physiology of Strength. Theodor Hettinger, M.D. Edited by M. H. Thurwell. Springfield, Illinois, Charles C. Thomas, 1961

1962 • 5 citations

An exercise prescription program for use in conjunction with the Canadian home fitness test.

1975 • 4 citations

ARM CRANK PROTOCOLS FOR DETERMINATION OF MAXIMAL AEROBIC POWER

1982 • 4 citations

Maximal aerobic power measurement in runners and swimmers.

1982 • 4 citations

The influence of lubrication on the energy cost of pushing a mine car

1966 • 4 citations

New techniques for calibrating the Lloyd—Haldane apparatus

1974 • 4 citations

A Team Approach to Sports Medicine

1971 • 3 citations

[Physical capacity of Canadian children: a comparison among French-Canadian, English-Canadian, and Eskimo children. I. Maximum oxygen consumption and cardiac output].

1974 • 3 citations

Anaerobic work at submaximal relative workloads in subjects of high and medium fitness.

1977 • 3 citations

C8: Effects of Blocking the Autonomic Nervous System during Exercise

1971 • 3 citations

THE EFFECT OF TOECLIP USE ON MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE DURING BICYCLE ERGOIKETHY IN COMPETITIVE CYCLISTS AND TRAINED NON-CYCLISTS

1982 • 3 citations

WHEELCHAIR EXERCISE TESTING

1982 • 2 citations

Prediction of Maximum Aerobic Power in Untrained Females

1978 • 2 citations

COMPARISON OF THE RATE PRESSURE PRODUCT BETWEEN THREE EXERCISE MODES AT FIXED TOTAL BODY OXYGEN UPTAKE

1982 • 2 citations

[Maximal muscular exercise in a hyperbaric environment].

1969 • 2 citations

Continuous treadmill walking versus intermittent treadmill running as maximal exercise tests for young competitive swimmers.

1981 • 2 citations

THE USE OF THE BRUCE EQUATION FOR PREDICTING &OV0312;O2max IN HEALTHY YOUNG MEN

1982 • 2 citations

The metabolic cost of industrial activity in relation to weight.

1966 • 2 citations

Commentaries.

1967 • 1 citations

Mechanical energy variations in rowing

1982 • 1 citations

A bicycle ergometer for high altitude investigations.

1982 • 1 citations

COMPARISON IN ENERGY COST OF THREE DISCONTINUOUS ARM-CRANKING PROTOCOLS

1982 • 1 citations

Timing error in determining maximal oxygen uptake.

1967 • 1 citations