| Title | The gradational step test for assessing cardiorespiratory capacity : an experimental evaluation of treadmill and step test procedures. |
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| Record ID | 38881 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Nagle, Francis; Balke, Bruno |
| Corporate Creator | Civil Aeromedical Research Institute |
| Publisher | Civil Aerospace Medical Institute |
| Publication Date | 19640100 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | "Physical fitness" - the potential capacity for making adequate functional adjustments to increased metabolic demands - is most meaningful and accurately assessed in the laboratory by making physiological measurements on the experimental subject while he is walking on a motor-driven treadmill or riding a stationary bicycle ergometer. |
| Rosap ID | dot:20711 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20711 |
| TRT Terms | Physical fitness; Heart rate; Breath; Workload; Cardiovascular system; Respiratory system; Test procedures; Blood pressure; Metabolism; Performance tests; Human subject testing; Age; Weight; Physiological aspects; Walking; Nervous system; Statistics; Laboratory tests |
| General Subjects | Physical fitness--Testing; Heart beat; Blood pressure; Metabolism; Respiration; Cardiovascular system; Central nervous system; Treadmill exercise tests; Age; Body weight |
| Classification | NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | AM 64-3; DOT/FAA/AM-64/03 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38800/38881/AM64-03.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |