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The purpose of the present study was to determine the validity of the 20-meter multistage shuttle run (MSR) for predicting peak VO 2 in Hong Kong Chinese students, ages 12–17 years. Fifty-five subjects, 27 boys and 28 girls, performed the MSR in the school environment and had peak VO 2 determined in the laboratory. A correlation of 0.72 ( p <0.001) was found between peak VO 2 and predicted peak VO 2 using an equation previously developed with Canadian children (6). However, maximal shuttle run speed alone was a better predictor in this group ( r =0.74, SEE =4.6 ml · kg −1 ·min −1 , p <.001). Multiple-regression analysis (best-subsets) was performed and the best predictor variables were maximal speed and sex with either triceps skinfold or weight. For practical application in the school setting, the equation peak VO 2 = 24.2 − 5.0(sex) − 0.8(age) + 3.4(maximal speed) ( r =0.82, SEE =4.0), where for sex, male = 0 and female = 1, is suggested.
Barnett et al. (1993) studied this question.