Relationships Between Walk/Run Performance and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adolescents Who Are Overweight

Abstract

These results suggest that an easily obtained measurement of physical performance (distance traveled during a 12-minute walk/run test) is related to cardiorespiratory fitness and to body composition in adolescents who are overweight. The 12-minute walk/run distance is more predictive of cycle ergometry test results than the 9-minute distance.