Oxygen uptake efficiency plateau is unaffected by fitness level - the NOODLE study.
Przemysław Seweryn KasiakTomasz KowalskiKinga RębiśAndrzej KlusiewiczDorota SadowskaAdrian WilkSzczepan WiechaMarcin BarylskiAdam Rafał PoliwczakPiotr WierzbińskiArtur MamcarzDaniel ŚliżPublished in: BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation (2024)
OUEP is a stable and transferable cardiorespiratory index. OUEP is minimally affected by fitness level and demographic factors. The predicted OUEP provided promising but limited accuracy among EA. The derived new model is tailored for EA. OUEP could be used to stratify the cardiorespiratory response to exercise and guide training.