August 8, 2018Fisioterapia em MovimentoOpen Access

Predictive maximal heart rate equations in child and adolescent athletes: a systematic review

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Why the study?

Do predictive HRmax equations accurately estimate measured HRmax in child and adolescent athletes?

Population

Child and adolescent athletes (4 studies included)

Comparison

Predictive HRmax equations (e.g., '220 - age'… vs Measured HRmax values during exercise tests

Design

Systematic_review

Authors

APAnderson Sartor PedroniUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre ASAniuska SchiavoPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul EMEléia de MacedoUniversidade de Caxias do Sul

Discussion

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Implication

Avoid standard HRmax equations in child and adolescent athletes; challenges age-based predictions and supports direct measurement in exercise testing.

Structured PICO

Do predictive HRmax equations accurately estimate measured HRmax in child and adolescent athletes?

Population

Child and adolescent athletes (4 studies included)

Intervention

Predictive HRmax equations (e.g., '220 - age', '208 - (0.7 x age)', '223 - (1.44 x age)')

Comparator

Measured HRmax values during exercise tests

Outcome

Accuracy of estimated HRmax compared to measured HRmaxsurrogate

Predictive HRmax equations are not recommended for use in child and adolescent athletes due to significant inaccuracies compared to measured HRmax.

Cite This Study

Pedroni et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70fb22ac440176ef29a9b4 https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5918.031.ao31

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Implication

Avoid standard HRmax equations in child and adolescent athletes; challenges age-based predictions and supports direct measurement in exercise testing.