Nya Konditionsprov foer Officerare (Endurance Tests for All Services: Type of Exercise and Performance Requirements).

摘要

All jobs for officers in the Swedish Armed Forces are placed in one of three main levels A, B, and C, each having one sublevel. The main levels correspond to 42, 48, and 56 ml.kg to the minus 1 power, respectively, in maximal oxygen uptake; the sublevels are 4 ml.kg to the minus 1 power lower. Measuring oxygen uptake is time consuming and expensive. An alternative is a test measuring in terms of time or distance, e.g. the Cooper test. Officers are required to carry equipment, and it is therefore advantageous to include that in the test. The aims of this study were to find suitable types of exercise, and to establish adequate performance limits, for levels A, B, and C, including their sublevels. The oxygen uptake was measured during running at different velocities and treadmill walking including different combinations of speed, grade, and equipment. Based on these data the requirements for the different levels were calculated. In addition, corresponding calculations were made for exercise on a cycle ergometer.