Relationship curve of heart rate and VO2 max. between Queen's College Step Test (QCST) and Lunge Front Test in physical education students

Abstract

In the evaluation of endurance capacity using field test or laboratory, to estimate or measure the V02 max. evidence being used to fatigue or submaximal. Submaximal heart rate (HR), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE), among others are, used to check the intensity of indirect submaximal test. Some extrapolating submaximal heart rate test final V02 max. as Queen's College Step Test (QCST) or Step Test of Astrand and Rhyming. The aim of this study is to verify the correlation between HR curve in QCST and Lunge Front Test, and between HR recovery of the home-made test and V02 max. in QCST. We evaluated 40 physical education students found an association in the HR curves of r = 0.852 (p<0.0001) and between recovery of HR and V02 max. r = -0.737 (p<0.0001).