Research Article
Determination of Best Criteria to Determine Final and Initial Speeds within Ramp Exercise Testing Protocols
Table 1
Characteristics of the subjects participating in the comparisons regarding the final (
) and initial (
) speeds.
| | | Age (years) | Body mass (kg) | Height (cm) | Body fat (%) | (mL·kg−1·min−1) | | | G | M | F | G2 | G | M | F | G2 | G | M | F | G2 | G | M | F | G2 | G | M | F | G2 |
| | Mean | 29.1 | 29.8 | 28.2 | 29.7 | 71.7 | 79.7 | 59.7 | 72.4 | 171.2 | 176.7 | 163.1 | 170.4 | 15.2 | 11.7 | 20.4 | 16.8 | 41.5 | 43.9 | 37.8 | 40.7 | | SD | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 8.8 | 17.9 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.9 | | Minimum | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 46.7 | 57.4 | 46.7 | 46.5 | 150.0 | 163.3 | 150.0 | 150.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 11.2 | 6.0 | 25.6 | 32.8 | 25.6 | 28.5 | | Maximum | 51 | 47 | 51 | 51 | 92.9 | 92.9 | 91.8 | 90.3 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 176.0 | 190.0 | 32.8 | 27.1 | 32.8 | 28.3 | 61.6 | 61.6 | 54.8 | 52.4 |
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G: total sample (); M: males (); F: females (); G2: subgroup for initial speed comparison ().
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