Sports Science and Medicine:

Astrand-Rhyming test

A cycle ergometer test of aerobic fitness. The subject cycles at 50 rev mm−1 for 6 min at a work load set at a level related to the sex and condition of the subject (unconditioned males, 50-100 watts, unconditioned females 50-75 watts, conditioned mates 100-150 watts, and conditioned females 75-110 watts). The subject's heart rate is taken in the last 10 s of each of the two final minutes of exercise. The average of these two figures, corrected for the subject's age, is used to estimate a maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), The estimate is based on the assumption that subjects of the same age have a similar maximal heart rate.

 
 
 

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