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Influence of grade of obesity on the achievement of VO2max using an incremental treadmill test in youths

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of grade of obesity on the probability of achieving a VO2 plateau and threshold secondary criteria for verifying VO2max during a treadmill walk test in youths with obesity. Therefore, 72 youths with obesity (aged 8-16) performed an incremental treadmill walk test to exhaustion during which oxygen uptake (VO2), minute ventilation (VE), heart rate (HR) and rating of perceived exertion were continuously measured. HR corresponding to a “hard” level of perceived exertion was reported and expressed as a percentage of the predicted HRmax. The rate of achievement of criteria for validation VO2max (VO2 plateau; HR>95% theoretical HRmax; RER>1.0; rating of perceived exertion ≥ “hard”) was compared between participants with grade I and grade II obesity. 37% of the participants achieved a VO2 plateau and 23% achieved both an HR>95% and RER >1.0. Youths with grade II obesity had lower minute ventilation (p<0.01) tended to be more likely to reach an HR>95% (OR = 0.33; P=0.06) and a “hard” rating of perceived exertion than grade I (OR = 4.5; P=0.07). However, there was no influence of grade of obesity on the achievement of VO2 plateau, and RER>1.0.
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hal-03183883 , version 1 (29-03-2021)

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Louis Toulouse, Patrick Mucci, Thierry Pezé, Gautier Zunquin. Influence of grade of obesity on the achievement of VO2max using an incremental treadmill test in youths. Journal of Sports Sciences, 2021, 39 (15), pp.1717-1722. ⟨10.1080/02640414.2021.1898093⟩. ⟨hal-03183883⟩
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