Table 2.  Correlations between isokinetic peak torque and cardiorespiratory fitness indexes evaluated by a cardiopulmonary exercise test.

Variables

PT (Nm)

PT(Nm·kg-1)

VT1 T (s)

.29 *

.35 *

VT1 VO2 (ml·kg-1·min-¹) 

.19 *

.21 *

VT1 VO2 (L·min-1)

.46 *

.09

VT2 T (s)

.31 *

.42 *

VT2VO2 (ml·kg-1·min-¹) 

.26 *

.30 *

VT2 VO2 (L·min-1)

.56 *

.16 *

Tmax (s)

.33 *

.42 *

VO2 Peak (ml·kg-1·min-¹)

.33 *

.37 *

VO2 Peak (L·min-1)

.61 *

.21 *
* p < 0.05. PT = peak torque; VT1 = ventilatory threshold 1; VT2 = ventilatory threshold 2; T = time; Tmax = time to exhaustion.