Does a graded exercise test accurately assess changes in V̇o2max following exercise training compared to a verification test in unfit individuals with metabolic syndrome?
A traditional graded exercise test may inaccurately quantify training-induced changes in V̇o2max in unfit individuals with metabolic syndrome, highlighting the need for a verification test.
It is unclear whether the traditional GXT is suitable to assess V̇o 2max changes in unfit individuals with metabolic syndrome. Mean changes in V̇o 2max following exercise training were similar using GXT or VerT. However, we showed that the GXT overestimated V̇o 2max improvements in 41% and underestimated V̇o 2max improvements in 59% of subjects. Our data suggest the need for a verification test to appropriately determine training-induced improvements in V̇o 2max in unfit individuals with metabolic syndrome.
Moreno‐Cabañas et al. (2020) studied this question.