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VO 2peak and 24‐hour sleep, sedentary behavior, and physical activity in Australian truck drivers
Author(s) -
Gilson Nicholas D.,
Mielke Gregore I.,
Coombes Jeff S.,
Feter Natan,
Smith Emily,
Duncan Mitch J.,
Wallis Guy,
Brown Wendy J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/sms.13965
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , percentile , physical activity , sedentary behavior , medicine , physical therapy , physical fitness , statistics , mathematics
This study assessed cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and 24‐h sleep, sedentary behavior (SB), and physical activity (PA) in Australian truck drivers. Participants ( n = 37 men) attended clinic sessions for an exercise test to exhaustion to establish CRF and wore an accelerometer (Actigraph GT3X+) to estimate sleep, SB, and PA. Relative to normative values, CRF was “below percentile 25” in 51% of drivers (mean [SD] VO 2peak=30 .1 [7.6] mL.kg‐1.min‐1). Accelerometer data indicated that total vigorous‐intensity (3.5–4.5 min/day) and sustained moderate‐ to vigorous‐intensity PA (>5 min; 0.5–1.6 bouts/day) were limited. The findings show there is a need to design and test PA interventions that can improve poor levels of CRF in truck drivers.