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Anaerobic Threshold as a Predictor of Athletic Performance in Prepubertal Female Runners
Nathan J. Smith, MD;
Carl L. Stanitski, MD;
Paul G. Dyment, MD;
Ronald E. Smith, PhD;
William B. Strong, MD;
Robert R. Wolfe, MD;
Reginald Washington, MD;
Elaine Daberkow, RN, MSN;
James R. Murphy, PhD;
Homer L. Brammel, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1986;140(9):922-924.
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Interest in pediatric ergometric parameters as predictors of athletic performance has increased parallel to the dramatic increase in childhood competitive sports. In adult athletes, anaerobic threshold (AT) appears to be more predictive of performance rank (PR) than maximum oxygen consumption ( o2max).1 For reasons yet to be defined, prepubertal children are felt to have less anaerobic capacity than adults.2 The predictive value of AT vs oxygen consumption (o2) of PR in ten prepubertal female cross-country runners was evaluated.
METHODS
Subjects
Parental informed consent was given to evaluate ten highly conditioned female cross-country runners, aged 10 to 13 years and Tanner stage 0, after a season of competition. Their training schedule had consisted of four 1 -hour workouts per week for three months. Each workout included running four intermittent 440-yd (402-m) distances at race pace interspersed with a jogging pace and finishing with a 3-mile (4.8-km) run at
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Author Affiliations
Seattle; Pittsburgh; Cleveland; Seattle; Augusta, Ga
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Drs Wolfe and Washington and Ms Daberkow), Biometrics (Dr Murphy), and Medicine (Dr Brammel), The University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 6, 1986.
Reprint requests to 4200 E Ninth Ave, Box C220, Denver, CO 80262 (Dr Wolfe).
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