| The study of VO2 kinetics offers the potential to non-invasively
examine the cardiorespiratory and metabolic response to dynamic exercise
and limitations to every day physical activity. Its non-invasive nature
makes it hugely attractive for use with young people, both healthy
and those with disease, and yet the literature, whilst growing with
respect to adults, remains confined to a cluster of studies with these
special populations. It is most likely that this is partly due to
the methodological difficulties involved in studying VO2
kinetics in young people which are not present, or present to a lesser
degree, with adults. This article reviews these methodological issues,
and explains the main procedures that might be used to overcome them.
KEY
WORDS: Children, oxygen kinetics, methodology.
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