Key result
Maximal Aerobic Speed from a 1200m shuttle test predicts VO2max in elite academy football players.
Why the study?
Does performance in a 1200m shuttle run test correlate with laboratory-measured VO2max in elite academy football players?
Cross-Sectional (n=17)
No
Does performance in a 1200m shuttle run test correlate with laboratory-measured VO2max in elite academy football players?
The 1200m shuttle test provides a valid estimation of maximal aerobic speed that correlates with laboratory VO2max, offering a practical field-based alternative for individualizing training thresholds in elite football players.
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Supports shuttle MAS estimation in academy players; leaves open prospective validation before guiding training thresholds.
Seventeen male professional outfield football players completed a laboratory based incremental treadmill test to establish vVO2max and a field based 1200m shuttle test to estimate velocity at MAS. During the pre-season period a linear speed phase consisting of twice weekly PS exposures were conducted and each player’s PS reached during this period was established. Body composition was measured using DEXA.
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Kavanagh et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy elite academy football players (n=17). 1200m shuttle run test vs. Laboratory-based VO2 max test was evaluated on Prediction of VO2max using a multiple linear regression model (p=0.041). A multiple linear regression model incorporating Maximal Aerobic Speed from a 1200m shuttle test predicted VO2max in elite academy football players.
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