[PDF][PDF] Criteria for maximal oxygen uptake: review and commentary

ET Howley, DR Bassett, HG Welch - Medicine & Science in Sports & …, 1995 - sites.uni.edu
HOWLEY, ET, DR BASSETT, JR., and HG WELCH. Criteria for maximal oxygen uptake:
review and commentary. Med. Sci. Sports Everc, Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 1292–1301, 1995.
Historically, the achievement of maximal oxygen uptake (VO,,,) has been based on objective
criteria such as a leveling off of oxygen uptake with an incrcasc in work rate, high levcls of
lactic acid in the blood in the minutes following the cxercisc test, clevated respiratory
exchange ratio, and achievement of some percentage of an age-adjusted estimate of …