Assessment of aerobic ftness and its correlates in Omani adolescents using the -metre shuttle run test A pilot study
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2001, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: To assess aerobic ftness in male and female adolescents using the multistage -metre shuttle run test and correlate it with selected ftness variables. Method: The subjects comprised  girls and  boys aged – years, randomly selected from two segregated government schools in Muscat. After the pupils flled in a short questionnaire on their personal leisure time activities of the preceding week, their heights and weights were measured. Aerobic ftness was assessed by estimating each pupil’s minimal oxygen uptake levels (VO2max) using the multistage -metre shuttle running test (-MST). Results: Boys spent more time than girls on leisure physical activities, television, computer and video games and the Internet. The estimated VO2max in both boys and girls showed high correlation with their weekly physical activities. The time spent on television and computer negatively correlated with VO2max in girls but not in boys. Girls had higher body mass index (BMI) and less VOmax compared to boys; BMI showed a negative correlation with VOmax in girls but not in boys. Conclusion: Aerobic ftness in this sample was higher in boys than in girls and was strongly influenced by weekly physical activities in both genders. The -MST has proved a simple and inexpensive feld test for aerobic ftness that could be implemented on a wide scale.
Authors and Affiliations
Sulayma Al Barwani| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman, Mohammed Al Abri| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman, Khamis Al Hashmi| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman, Masoud Al Shukeiry| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman, Khurram Tahlilkar| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman, Thuraya Al Zuheibi| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman, Omar Al Rawas| Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box Al Khod Muscat , Sultanate of Oman, Mohammed O Hassan| Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P O Box 35 Al Khod Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman
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