The FitTrack Index as fitness indicator: A pilot study

Authors :: Dina Christina Janse van Rensburg
Catharina Cornelia Grant
Audrey Jansen van Rensburg
Roelf Petrus Gerhardus Botha
Paola Silvia Wood
Kim Nolte
Lizelle Fletcher
Peet Jacobus du Toit
Michael Sean Pepper
Pieter Ernst Kruger
Source :: Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Vol 21, Iss C, Pp 431-436 (2016)
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: AOSIS, 2016.
Abstract: Background: The FitTrack Index is a web-based programme developed in South Africa and widely used by athletes to indicate their fitness. A need exists for a self-managed, non-invasive tool to evaluate and categorise health-related fitness in different population groups. The aim of this study was to compare the FitTrack Index with a reliable measure of cardio-respiratory fitness as indicated by maximal oxygen uptake (direct VO2max). Methods & results: During a 12-week cross-sectional, descriptive pilot study the direct laboratory tested VO2max indicated a moderate to strong correlation with the FitTrack Index (Spearman's rho = 0.439, p = 0.089 at baseline; Spearman's rho = 0.853, p

Subjects :: Aerobic fitness
Exercise ability
Recreational fitness
Cardiovascular fitness
Fitness indication
VO2max
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270

Language :: Afrikaans, English
ISSN :: 10259848 and 36457655
Volume :: 21
Issue :: C
Database :: Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :: Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsdoj.3942c47d94c4a9a45b364576559e5
Document Type :: article
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hsag.2016.07.005