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- Title
Aerobic Power of Students in the Medicine Course from Centro Universitario de Votuporanga-SP.
- Authors
dos Santos Junior, Valter Mariano; de Campos, Ana Maria Faria; Akane Tukiyama, Carolina; de Godoy Capeletto, Paula Pereira; Bittencourt Vendrame, Roger Artemio; Ramos Stocco, Marieli; César Andrade, Jean
- Abstract
This study evaluated the aerobic power of two groups of university students: (a) veteran students of the medicine course from Centro Universitário de Votuporanga; and (b) new students who just entered the same course. The subjects were submitted to a progressive treadmill test to determine VO2 max, VCO2 and VE to see if there were differences between the groups. The veteran students presented a VO2 max of 38.7 ± 10.0, VCO2 of 41.96 ± 11.6, and VE of 74.2 ± 27.8. The new students presented a VO2 max was 31.7 ± 7.0, VCO2 38.5 ± 11.2, and VE 62.9 ± 23.7. The findings indicate that the veteran students' VO2 max was significantly higher than the new students who just entered the medicine course. It is reasonable to conclude that the difference between the two groups is due to the veteran students increased participation in Futsal, handball, basketball, and volleyball. Thus, this supports the hypothesis that the sedentary behavior is responsible for the cardiorespiratory difference between the two groups of students.
- Subjects
AEROBIC capacity; MEDICAL students; SEDENTARY behavior; CARDIOPULMONARY system; PHYSICAL activity; HEALTH
- Publication
Journal of Exercise Physiology Online, 2017, Vol 20, Issue 6, p78
- ISSN
1097-9751
- Publication type
Article