Maximal aerobic power in children and adolescents of Beijing, China

✍ Scribed by Lin Wan Sheng; Ji Cheng Ye; Zhang Yu Qing; Miroslav Z̆ivic̆njak; Shao Li Xin; Guan Ming Jie

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 550 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1042-0533
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1996)8:4<497::aid-ajhb10>3.0.co;2-h

✦ Synopsis

The maximal aerobic power of 463 Chinese children and adolescents, 10-19 years, is described. The absolute values of maximal oxygen intake (V0,max) in boys and girls were 1.75-3.26 and 1.44-2.10 Umin, respectively. Relative values of V0,max per unit stature (V0,maxlstature) were 12.35-19.42 ml/cm.min for boys and 10.18-13.42 ml/cm.min for girls, values per unit weight (V0,maxlweight) were 48.60-56.59 ml/kg.min for boys and 39.34-45.56 ml/kg.min for girls, and values per estimated unit lean body mass (VOzmaxllean-body-mass) were 58.98-65.28 ml/kg.min €or boys and 54.90-59.04 ml/kg.min for girls. Maximal values of oxygen pulse (V02maxl HRmax) were 8.58-16.67 ml/beat for boys and 6.88-10.35 ml/beat for girls. In early adolescence, V02max, V02max/stature, and VOzmax/HRmax increased with chronological age, but the increment was less in girls. In contrast, VOzmax/weight and VOzmax/LBM did not increase with age in boys and girls. All indicators of V0,max were lager in boys than in girls. ( 3 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.