Cardiorespiratory fitness of young women with deferments physical activity levels

  • Eduardo Caldas Costa Programa de Pós-Graduação em Exercí­cio Fí­sico Aplicado à Reabilitação Cardí­aca e Grupos Especiais, Universidade Gama Filho, Natal, Brasil. Clí­nica do Exercí­cio - InCor/RN, Natal
  • Francisco Carlos Costa Programa de Pós-Graduação em Exercí­cio Fí­sico Aplicado à Reabilitação Cardí­aca e Grupos Especiais, Universidade Gama Filho, Natal, Brasil. Clí­nica do Exercí­cio - InCor/RN, Natal
  • Georges Willeneuwe de Sousa Oliveira Programa de Pós-Graduação em Exercí­cio Fí­sico Aplicado à Reabilitação Cardí­aca e Grupos Especiais, Universidade Gama Filho, Natal, Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brasil
  • Ranulfo Fiel Pereira Pessoa de Carvalho Programa de Pós-Graduação em Exercí­cio Fí­sico Aplicado à Reabilitação Cardí­aca e Grupos Especiais, Universidade Gama Filho, Natal, Brasil
  • Jonato Prestes Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Laboratório de Fisiologia do Exercí­cio, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Newton Nunes Instituto do Coração - InCor/SP, FMUSP
Keywords: Stress test, Physical aptitude, Oxygen consumption, Anaerobic theshold, Women's health

Abstract

The cardiorespiratory fitness shows inverse correlation with morbi-mortality for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Physical exercise has been recommended for prevention, being necessary adequate prescription. The aim of this study was analyze functional cardiorespiratory parameters in young women with different physical activity levels, stratify them and generate specifics orientations for exercise prescription. Fifty one cardiopulmonary tests of young women (20-34 years) – matched for age (± 2 years) and BMI (± 1 kg/m2) was analyzed, differentiating itself only in physical activity level: active versus sedentary group. The active group shows better indexes of maximal oxygen uptake – VO2max (40.0 ± 5.1 vs. 31,9 ± 5.4; p-value < 0,001) and percentage of VO2max in first (65.1 ± 7.2 vs. 60.3 ± 8.8; p-value = 0.03) and second (84.4 ± 5.7 vs. 79.3 ± 7.7; p-value = 0.01) ventilators threshold. It was observed a correlation between physical activity level and cardiorespiratory fitness (p-value < 0,001), with 87.5% of active women distributed between good and excellent capacity and 74.1% of sedentary group between weak and regular condition. According to results, it’s possible to conclude that active women show better cardiorespiratory fitness and reached ventilatory thresholds in higher relative load effort.

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Published
2011-12-28
How to Cite
Costa, E. C., Costa, F. C., Oliveira, G. W. de S., Carvalho, R. F. P. P. de, Prestes, J., & Nunes, N. (2011). Cardiorespiratory fitness of young women with deferments physical activity levels . Brazilian Journal of Exercise Prescription and Physiology, 3(14). Retrieved from https://www.rbpfex.com.br/index.php/rbpfex/article/view/155
Issue
Vol. 3 No. 14 (2009)
Section
Scientific Articles - Original

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