Maximal oxygen consumption as a function of anthropometric profiling in a group of trained Indian athletes

Physiologists have been interested in studying cardiopulmonary responses to physical exercise and measuring work capacity of healthy individuals as indices of physical fitness of population groups. The locomotive apparatus and service organs constitute the main part of the total body mass in higher animals including humans.

This study aims to correlate the distribution of VO₂ max in the study group with various anthropometric parameters like age, height & weight. This gives an idea about the natural distribution within the athlete group. Although it is well known that maximal oxygen consumption depends on age and other anthropometric parameters like height, weight and body surface area data on Indian subjects and a profiling on these lines in such studies on cardio-pulmonary efficiency are lacking.