TITLE:
Racial variation of aerobic and anaerobic performances in sedentary men
AUTHORS:
Salma Abedelmalek, Hamdi Chtourou, Asma Aloui, Zouhair Tabka, Nizar Souissi
KEYWORDS:
Anaerobic Performance; Aerobic Performance; Ethnicity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Internal Medicine,
Vol.2 No.2,
June
12,
2012
ABSTRACT: The present study was designed to compare the effect of racial variations on short- and incremental maximal exercises in sedentary men whites (WT) and blacks (BT) Tunisian and South African (SA). In a randomized order, thirty-six physically sedentary men including 12 BT, 12 WT, and 12 SA were asked to perform a force-velocity (i.e., determination of maximal power (Pmax), F0, and V0) and a treadmill maximal aerobic (i.e., determination of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max)) tests. Pmax and F0 were significantly higher in SA than WT (p 0 values. Moreover, VO2 max was significantly higher in SA and BT than WT (p