A study on the validation of cooper's twelve minute run and walk test for selected male populations of NCT-Delhi

Abstract

The study undertaken was entitled as A Study on the Validation of Cooper s Twelve Minute Run and Walk Test for Selected Male Populations of NCT-Delhi The purpose of the study was to test the validity of modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test (distance covered in twelve minute) and its modifications namely distance covered in run and walk test in the given time durations of eight minutes, nine minutes, ten minutes, and eleven minutes independently for male populations of the age categories from 13 to 19 years, from 20 to 29 years, from 30 to 39 years, from 40 to 49 years, from 50 to 59 years and from 60 to above 60 years residing in NCT of Delhi, using VO2 max, distance covered in modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test (D 12), exercise heart rate at the termination of modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test (EHR 12) as criterion measures. The study was delimited to (1) The physically active male populations of the selected age categories. (2) People from different states residing in NCT of Delhi at least for last three years. (3) Performance variables were distances covered in the given time durations. (4) Maximal Volume of Oxygen Consumption (VO2 max) were estimated from modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test, BYU one mile jog test and bicycle ergometer test. (5) The criterion measures were VO2 max estimated from modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test (CVO2 max), VO2 max estimated from BYU one mile jog test (JVO2 max) and VO2 max estimated from bicycle ergometer test (BE VO2 max), distance covered in modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test (D 12), exercise heart rate recorded at the termination of modified Cooper s twelve minute run and walk test (EHR 12). For the purpose of the study a total of 750 from 1500 of incidental samples were randomly selected as subjects from NCT of Delhi using multi stage stratified random selection technique.