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Measurements of aerobic capacity by three different work tests, namely two cycling tests with pedal frequencies of 60 and 50 rpm respectively and a treadmill walk test, were carried out on 8 male Japanese students studying at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The maximal oxygen uptake (max Vo2) for all three tests was not significantly different (P>0.05). However, ventilatory parameters reflected differing patterns by which the max Vo2 was obtained. The study data indicated that cycling exercises at a pedaling frequency of 60 rpm produced excessive hyperventilation leading to syncope during recovery from exercise.

Objective: to evaluate walking performance in female with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) with the 400-meters walk test (400-MWT) compared to healthy individuals.Methods: two groups of female subjects with DM2 and healthy individuals were matched by the age. The 400-MWT parameters to be compared were walking speed (WS) and predicted maximum oxygenconsumption (pVO2max). Baseline examination included body mass index (BMI), random blood glucose (RBG), and ankle-brachial index (ABI). All subjects performed 2 minutes warm up before thetest. Heart rate (HR) was recorded every 30 seconds, and blood pressure (BP) was measured before warm up and within 60 seconds after test. The test was performed twice on a different day.Results: Nineteen subjects on each group participated in the study. The mean WS was significantly different (p

Objectives : To analyze the correlations of elderly fitness exercise with fitness measured by 6-minute walk test (6-MWT) and balance measured by Berg Balance Scale (BBS) of geriatrics in nursing home.Methods: Cross-­ sectional observational study of 51 elderly who lived in nursing home that conducted in December 2009 to January 2010.Attendance of subject doing elderly fitness exercise was rated by 2 months previously recorded to one month after trial. We recorded the weekly frequency of doing the exercise for 12 weeks (the 3 months). At the observation, fitness was measured by 6-MWT, balance was measured by BBS.Results: A positive and an significant correlation between number of exercise in 12 weeks of observation to 6-MWT was analyzed by Pearson correlation 0.418, p=0.002, and also positive and significant correlation to BBS was found 0.353, p=0.011. There were also positive and significant correlation between exercise frequency to 6-­MWT which analyzed by Spearman’s correlation 0.408, p=0.003 andto BBS as well Spearman’s correlation 0.404, p=0.003.Conclusions:The Elderly fitness exercise improves geriatric fitness that measured by 6-MWT and also improves balance measured by BBS in nursing home. The frequent exercise perfomed also correlates to elderly fitness which measure by 6-MWT and to balance that measured by BBS.Keywords:Fitness,balance, eld erly, 6 minute walk test, berg balance scale, ecercise, geriatric fitness exercise

The study was designed to establish norms for the Cooper 12-minute run-walk test applicable to young males. Eighty boys, 11 through 14 years of age, served as subjects. The mean distance covered by the 11- and 12-year-olds during the 12-minute run-walk was 2,308 yards. The mean distance covered by the 13- and 14-year-olds was 2,507 yards. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P

The reliability of the 600-yd. run-walk from the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test was studied by having 46 girls and 71 boys of grade 11 perform the test at two different times. The results of the two tests were correlated and the difference between the two tests were tested for significance with t-ratio technique. Eighty-five percent of those taking this test also participated in the previously reported junior high school test in 1960. The junior high school and senior high school results were compared. There was no significant difference in the scores on the two tests at the senior high school level. The coefficient of correlation was lower at the senior high school level than it was at the junior high school level. The difference between the senior and junior high school correlations was significant.

(1961). Notes: Reliability of the 600-Yard Run-Walk Test at the Junior High School Level. Research Quarterly. American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 264-266.