{"id":3739,"date":"2019-08-20T22:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T05:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/3739"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:49:10","slug":"3739","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/3739","title":{"rendered":"Can I use Vernier sensors to measure VO<sub>2<\/sub> max?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please see the following link for some excellent tips on this subject. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/innovate\/tips-for-measuring-oxygen-consumption-and-vo2-max\/\">https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/innovate\/tips-for-measuring-oxygen-consumption-and-vo2-max\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VO<sub>2<\/sub> max is a measure of the maximum volume of oxygen that a subject can utilize per unit time.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, this requires the subject to exercise at a very vigorous level for a period of time. As a result, most direct measurements of VO<sub>2<\/sub> max require the presence of a health care professional. This is to make sure that the test is conducted safely.<\/p>\n<p>Vernier does not have, nor does it promote, activities that directly measure VO<sub>2<\/sub> max for this reason.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are many different ways that you can estimate VO<sub>2<\/sub> max and\/or investigate oxygen consumption during exercise using Vernier products. You can even use Vernier products to measure calories burned during exercise. Please see the notes below.<\/p>\n<p>You can either directly measure oxygen consumption, or you can perform a variety of tests that will estimate VO<sub>2<\/sub> max. Most estimations of VO<sub>2<\/sub> max involve measuring heart rate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Measuring Oxygen Consumption<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>If you want to measure oxygen consumption during exercise you will need a research quality oxygen gas sensor and other equipment for this purpose. Qubit Systems sells several excellent products for this purpose. You can even use Logger <i>Pro<\/i> software with many of them. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qubitbiology.com\/products\/metabolic-testing\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qubitbiology.com\/products\/metabolic-testing\/\">https:\/\/www.qubitbiology.com\/products\/metabolic-testing\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you just want to investigate oxygen consumption after a period of exercise, please see the following activity in our <em>Human Physiology Experiments<\/em> book. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/experiments\/hsb-hp\/13\/effect_of_exercise_on_oxygen_usage\/\">https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/experiments\/hsb-hp\/13\/effect_of_exercise_on_oxygen_usage\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a simple activity that looks at calories and exercise, take a look at the following activity in <em>Human Physiology Experiments<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/experiments\/hsb-hp\/14\/heart_rate_and_calories\">https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/experiments\/hsb-hp\/14\/heart_rate_and_calories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Estimating VO<sub>2<\/sub> max:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many different ways of estimating VO<sub>2<\/sub> max. Almost all of these methods involve a form of exercise and then measuring heart rate. A brief list of different methods are listed below. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The simplest method is the Uth estimation. This method uses maximal heart rate and resting heart rate to estimate VO<sub>2<\/sub> max.<\/li>\n<li>The George Jog Test is performed with the individual running 1 mile at moderate pace (8 min\/mile). The heart rate is measured directly after finishing 1 mile, or the mean heart rate is used for the last quarter mile. A formula that incorporates the time to complete the mile, heart rate, weight, and gender is used to estimate VO<sub>2<\/sub> max.<\/li>\n<li>The Cooper Run test is very similar to the George Jog Test with the exception that the subject runs for 1.5 miles.<\/li>\n<li>The Rockport Walk Test has the subject walk 1 mile at their fastest pace possible.<\/li>\n<li>The Forestry Step Test is another test that involves heart rate. Instead of running, the subject performs a test involving stepping up and down for a period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protocols for many of these tests can be found online. All of these tests include a formula for calculating VO<sub>2<\/sub> max. You can then use a table to see how you compare to other age groups, athletes, etc.<\/p>\n<p>An excellent printed resource is <em>Exercise Physiology Lab Manual<\/em> by Beam and Adams. The 6th edition was published in 2011.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see the following link for some excellent tips on this subject. https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/innovate\/tips-for-measuring-oxygen-consumption-and-vo2-max\/ VO2 max is a measure of the maximum volume of oxygen that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8971,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6316,6315,6314],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-athletes","tag-oxygen-consumption","tag-vo2-max"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}