Caracterización del consumo máximo de oxígeno y composición corporal en adultos jóvenes sanos universitarios.

Abstract

Objective: To establish the characteristics of maximum oxygen consumption and body composition in young healthy university adults. Methodology: Descriptive transversal study, developed in a sample of 38 university students, to which the Course Navette test and the bioimpedance were applied to determine their body composition in terms of body mass index BMI, percentage of fat, weight of muscle and consumption of VO2 max. As for the processing and analysis of the information, the data were entered in an input format and analyzed with a statistical program. For the descriptive analysis, frequency tables were constructed to characterize the distribution of the quantitative variables (weight, height, BMI, fat percentage, muscle weight and VO2 max. Conclusion: The evaluation of the aerobic capacity by means of the Course Navette test, turns out to be a reliable method of field, due to the fact that it is a tool that is validated and is highly used at world-wide level, in addition, its application is of easy access and low cost; on the other hand, it is important to emphasize that the best form to analyze the ranges of overweight and obesity is by means of the electrical bioimpedance, since this one allows to carry out a suitable analysis of the corporal composition delimiting in function to its different segments and components.