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Sports Performance Evaluation Ioan Stoian National Institute Of Sports Medicine

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Exercise is termed as an activity requiring physical effort to improve health and fitness. Scientists can use fitness as a measure to compare one person to another (Haskel). Fitness tests can be conducted in a field or lab based setting (Point-of-care athlete testing, a new approach of sport performance evaluation Ioan Stoian National Institute of Sports Medicine, Bucharest, Romania). Fitness as a standard must be quantified to be able to compare individuals (Safrit). Predicting VO2Max can be done through both submaximal and maximal tests such as walking (KLINE), cycling (Astrand) and the 20 metre shuttle test (LIU). The VO2max can be assessed by means of an incremental test, otherwise known as a graded exercise test (GXT) The GXT can be administered differently, however it similarly requires exercise participation in an incremental fashion till volitional exhaustion(RYAN P. ALEXANDER† and CONSTANCE M. MIER‡). GXT is recognized as the “gold standard” in measurement of cardiorespiratory endurance (STEVEN E). VO2max measurement values are used as a measure in overall fitness and the efficiency of training on athlete performance. Specifically in previous research, LUCIA analysed the heart rate and performance of 13 road cyclists throughout the duration of a complete riding season. Each subject performed a progressive exercise test 3 times throughout the season. He found an overall improvement in performance (VO2max), though heart rate remained stable during remained stable at

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