New horizons for aerobic fitness normalization in children: Breaking the paradigm

Traditional methods to normalize aerobic fitness (VO2max) have been considered inadequate for not properly adjusting the effects of body size in children, adolescents and adults. Allometric scaling (Y=aXb) has emerged as an efficient method to compare individuals of different body dimensions. Studie...

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Main Authors: Giovani dos Santos Cunha, Gabriela Tomedi Leites, Brian Weldon Timmons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2014-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/32619