A Proposal of “Shuttle Stamina Test (SST)” as a Simple Test for Assessing Endurance Capacity
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.7 Vol.7】
For the purpose of developing a new indoor endurance test, named as "Shuttle Stamina Test (SST)", 343 college students participated in three tests; SST, 5 min-run test and 3 min-step test. Through some physiological measurements on selected subjects the following results were obtained.
SST score was obtained by measuring the distance covered in 3 min-running between two points (with standing stick) placed at 10m apart. During SST the oxygen uptake and heart rate reached to 72% VO₂max and to 91% HRmax respectively, and the oxygen debt occupied 42% of O₂ requirement. The SST scores were highly correlated with VO₂max (p<0.01) and with 5min-run (p<0.001), but such significant correlations were not found between the step test and any other test results including VO₂max. A survey on complains of muscle soreness approved that SST should be equally safe or rather safer than the other field tests. From these results the SST designed in the present study was thought to be recommendable as an alternative test for assessing one's endurance capacity.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.7/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
SST score was obtained by measuring the distance covered in 3 min-running between two points (with standing stick) placed at 10m apart. During SST the oxygen uptake and heart rate reached to 72% VO₂max and to 91% HRmax respectively, and the oxygen debt occupied 42% of O₂ requirement. The SST scores were highly correlated with VO₂max (p<0.01) and with 5min-run (p<0.001), but such significant correlations were not found between the step test and any other test results including VO₂max. A survey on complains of muscle soreness approved that SST should be equally safe or rather safer than the other field tests. From these results the SST designed in the present study was thought to be recommendable as an alternative test for assessing one's endurance capacity.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.7/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Masahiro Kaneko*1, Takafumi Fuchimoto*1, Mitsuru Nishida*1, Kensaku Suei*2, Hideki Taji*2, Junko Ota*3 |
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| University or institution | *1 Osaka College of Physical Education, *2 Hideki Taji; Himeji Technical College, *3 Baika Junior College |
Keywords
indoor endurance test, Shuttle Stamina Test (SST), endurance capacity