URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS

Vol. 13 No. 2
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A Study Examining the Reliability of Identification & Validity of Ventilatory Thresholds in Relation to Human Endurance Performance

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  • Miramani Lenzini,
  • Elizabeth Hubbell,
  • Addison Rhodes

Published 2020-07-13

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Lenzini, M., Hubbell, E., & Rhodes, A. (2020). A Study Examining the Reliability of Identification & Validity of Ventilatory Thresholds in Relation to Human Endurance Performance. URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS, 13(2). Retrieved from https://urj.uccs.edu/index.php/urj/article/view/531
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Abstract

Ventilatory thresholds (VTs), which are identified by analyzing various changes in ventilatory gasses during exercise, relate to parameters of health and disease in humans. Thus, the applied and clinical value of VTs is high. However, there are multiple ways by which VTs can be assessed with no general consensus on the best method. This study examined the reliability of identification and validity in relation to endurance performance of the most common VTs across 60 and 43 human participants, respectively. We found that the VT identified by assessing the ventilatory equivalents of oxygen curve is the most reliable and valid VT.
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