Key result
Modified Balke protocol time to exhaustion provides a valid measure of adult aerobic fitness.
Why the study?
Is time to exhaustion on a modified Balke protocol a valid measure of aerobic fitness in Norwegian adults?
Is time to exhaustion on a modified Balke protocol a valid measure of aerobic fitness in Norwegian adults?
Time to exhaustion on a modified Balke protocol provides a valid measure of aerobic fitness in adults and can be evaluated using the suggested reference values.
May support modified Balke TTE for aerobic fitness assessment; leaves open broader validation across populations.
on an individual level, TTE from the Balke protocol is a good measure of aerobic fitness in adults across a range of settings, and could be evaluated according to the suggested reference values.
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Aadland et al. (2016) studied this question. Time to exhaustion from the modified Balke protocol is a valid measure of aerobic fitness in adults across various settings and can be evaluated using the suggested reference values.
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