Influence of limb length on a stepping exercise
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 44 (3) , 346-349
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1978.44.3.346
Abstract
The effect of limb length on responses to the step-test exercise was studied in 10 subjects of various heights; oxygen consumption values served as an indicator. Mean oxygen consumption was found to be significantly related to limb length in the step-test exercise. This was demonstrated when subjects with different limb lengths were tested as a standard work load (i.e., 10 m/min x body wt) but at seven different bench heights and correspondingly adjusted stepping rates. The minimum values for oxygen consumption were obtained when the bench height was near 50% (45–55%) of subject's limb length.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Gradational step tests for assessing work capacityJournal of Applied Physiology, 1965