Senior Group Project

This is a group project that a group of close friends and I did for a class. The abstract is below and underneath that is a link to the full PDF document.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE VALIDITY OF THE PACER 20M SHUTTLE RUN TEST VO2MAX PREDICTION EQUATION AGAINST THE SVSU HUMAN PERFORMANCE LAB MAXIMAL TREADMILL TEST PROTOCOL
 Daniel J. Crusoe, Kerri L. Vasold, Tyler J. Noble & Valerie J. Adams

Department of Exercise Science, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI, USA 

Cardiorespiratory endurance is a widely accepted measure of health. It can be difficult to assess cardiorespiratory fitness in large groups of people. The use of metabolic carts unfeasible, which leaves field tests as the best option to test cardiorespiratory fitness in large groups. PURPOSE: To examine the validity of the PACER 20m SRT VO2max prediction equation by comparing the predicted VO2max values of college students using the PACER test with VO2max obtained through the Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) Human Performance Lab (HPL) maximal treadmill test (TT) protocol. METHODS: Participants included two male and two female college students. Each participant completed a PACER 20m SRT and a maximal TT. A depend paired sample t-test was utilized to compare VO2max, RPE, and Heart Rate Maximum for the different conditions. A Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient was used to compare the two conditions VO2max. To determine the level of significance α = 0.05 RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the values between the TT (M=54.2, SD=6.4) and the PACER 20m SRT (M=57.5, SD=9.5); (t (3) =-1.537, p = 0.222.). No significance was found for RPE (t (3) =1.095, p = 0.353) and Heart Rate Maximum (t (3) =1.567, p = 0.215). The Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient for VO2max was (r = 0.921, n = 4, p = 0.079). CONCLUSION: Our results indicated that a Pacer 20m SRT may be a good predictor of cardiorespiratory fitness for college aged males and females. This approach may allow for a more feasible way to assess large groups.

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