Are there reliable primary indicators of cardiorespiratory fitness in physically active students?
Maximal HGS and MHI showed potential as first-level indicators of cardiovascular fitness and in combination they may support screening in settings with limited resources and can be used for risk group identification. However, for medical applications the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing remains indispensable for an accurate and comprehensive assessment of individual cardiovascular fitness.
Authors
- Nils Olson
- Barbara Reiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-5996)
- Sebastian Freilinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3755-6481)
- Renate Oberhoffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-0488)
- Thorsten Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1004-5133)
- Jochen Weil
- Klaus Christian Haggenmüller
Institutions
- Deutsches Herzzentrum München (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcrp.2026.200589
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00