Why the study?
What is the frequency of the VO2max plateau phenomenon in professional cyclists compared to sedentary controls during maximal exercise testing?
Population
75 males, comprising 38 top-level professional road cyclists and 37 healthy, sedentary controls.
Comparison
Continuous incremental cycle-ergometer test… vs Healthy, sedentary male controls
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Plateau attainment is infrequent in cyclists; hypothesis-generating for its reliability as a maximal-effort criterion and warrants prospective validation.
What is the frequency of the VO2max plateau phenomenon in professional cyclists compared to sedentary controls during maximal exercise testing?
The VO2max plateau phenomenon is observed in less than half of elite cyclists and even fewer sedentary controls, suggesting it may not be a universal requirement for confirming maximal effort.
Lucía et al. (2006) studied this question.
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