%0 Journal Article
%T DETERMINATION OF MAXIMAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF COSTA RICAN FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL PLAYERS DURING 2008 PRESEASON
%A Braulio S¨¢nchez-Ure£¿a
%A Jorge Salas-Cabrera
%J Revista en Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Salud
%D 2009
%I Universidad Nacional
%X The objective of this study was to assess the cardiorespiratory profile (VO2max) of Costa Rican first division football players during preseason and compare VO2max by players¡¯ positions. Methodology: A total of 9 Costa Rican first division football teams were evaluated in this study for a total sample of 219 professional players ages 20-36 with an average age of 24.64 ¡À 4.35 years, average body weight of 73.34 kg ¡À 7.34, and a fat percentage of 9.78 % ¡À 3.64. In order to evaluate the VO2max of players, the treadmill protocol was used as recommended by Wilmore and Costill (2007). This was a maximal test. Results: an average VO2max of 57.71 ml/kg/min ¡À 8.8 was found; however, no statistically significant differences were found (p = .752) between positions. Conclusion: there were no differences in VO2max by positions.
%K Football
%K cardiorespiratory endurance
%K sports performance
%U http://www.una.ac.cr/mhsalud/documents/CR-Futbol-FINALEng-2009.pdf