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01-08-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Author’s Reply to Will G. Hopkins: “Submaximal, Perceptually Regulated Exercise Testing Predicts Maximal Oxygen Uptake: A Meta-Analysis Study”

Authors: Jérémy B. Coquart, Montassar Tabben, Claire Tourny, Karim Chamari, Roger G. Eston

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 8/2016

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Will Hopkins [1] asserts that there are two significant errors in our study [2] and several potential omissions. In essence, all the assertions revolve around one concern which he seems not to have understood: we used the limits of agreement (LoA) in our meta-analysis and not confidence limits (CL). It is important to note that almost all of the studies used the LoA procedure. The reason for this is simple: most of the authors found the use of LoA to be the most appropriate to discuss the accuracy of their results. It therefore seems there is consensus towards the use of this method, at least in light of articles published in the last 15 years. …

Hopkins WG. Comment on: “Submaximal, perceptually regulated exercise testing predicts maximal oxygen uptake: a meta-analysis study”. Sports Med. 2016. doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0556-3.

Coquart J, Tabben M, Farooq A, Tourny C, Eston R. Submaximal, perceptually regulated exercise testing predicts maximal oxygen uptake: a meta-analysis study. Sports Med. 2016. doi:10.1007/s40279-015-0465-x.

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Title: Author’s Reply to Will G. Hopkins: “Submaximal, Perceptually Regulated Exercise Testing Predicts Maximal Oxygen Uptake: A Meta-Analysis Study”
Authors: Jérémy B. Coquart
Montassar Tabben
Claire Tourny
Karim Chamari
Roger G. Eston
Publication date: 01-08-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Sports Medicine / Issue 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0557-2

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