Appropriate scaling approach for evaluating peak VO2 development in Southern Chinese 8 to 16 years old.
Clare Chung-Wah YuAli M McManusChun T AuHung K SoAdrienne ChanRita Y T SungAlbert M LiPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Absolute and allometric scaled peak VO2 values are provided for Hong Kong Chinese children and adolescents by age and sex. Peak VO2 z scores improve the evaluation of cardiopulmonary fitness, allowing comparisons across ages and sex and will likely provide a better metric for tracking change over time in children and adolescents, regardless of body size and age.
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