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Response to the Comment by Armstrong and Welsman on ‘Developing a New Curvilinear Allometric Model to Improve the Fit and Validity of the 20-m Shuttle Run Test as a Predictor of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults and Youth’

Authors: Alan M. Nevill, Roger Ramsbottom, Gavin Sandercock, Carlos Eduardo Bocachica-González, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Grant Tomkinson

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 7/2021

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We welcome the opportunity to respond to Armstrong and Welsman’s comment [1] on our recent paper ‘Developing a New Curvilinear Allometric Model to Improve the Fit and Validity of the 20-m Shuttle Run Test as a Predictor of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults and Youth’ [2]. …

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Nevill AM, Ramsbottom R, Sandercock G, Bocachica-Gonzalez CE, Ramirez-Velez R, Tomkinson G. Developing a new curvilinear allometric model to improve the fit and validity of the 20-m shuttle run test as a predictor of cardiorespiratory fitness in adults and youth. Sports Med. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01346-0.CrossRefPubMed

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Nevill AM, Myers J, Kaminsky LA, Arena R. Comments on “validation of equations to estimate the peak oxygen uptake in adolescents from 20 metres shuttle run test.” J Sports Sci. 2020;00(00):1–3.

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Title: Response to the Comment by Armstrong and Welsman on ‘Developing a New Curvilinear Allometric Model to Improve the Fit and Validity of the 20-m Shuttle Run Test as a Predictor of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults and Youth’
Authors: Alan M. Nevill
Roger Ramsbottom
Gavin Sandercock
Carlos Eduardo Bocachica-González
Robinson Ramírez-Vélez
Grant Tomkinson
Publication date: 01-07-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Sports Medicine / Issue 7/2021
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01464-3

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