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	VO2 Max (Πρωτόκολλο Bruce)	Κατώφλι Γαλακτικού Οξέος (OBLA)
Πεδίο	Επιστήμη του Αθλητισμού	Επιστήμη του Αθλητισμού
Οικογένεια	Hypothesis test	Hypothesis test
Έτος προέλευσης	1963	1973
Δημιουργός	Robert Bruce	Klaus Wasserman
Τύπος	graded maximal exercise test	incremental blood sampling test
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Bruce, R. A. (1963). Evaluation of functional capacity and exercise tolerance of cardiac patients. Modern Concepts of Cardiovascular Disease, 32(4), 1-4.	Wasserman, K., Whipp, B. J., Koyal, S. N., & Beaver, W. L. (1973). Anaerobic threshold and respiratory gas exchange during exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology, 35(2), 236-243.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	maximal aerobic capacity, aerobic power, cardiorespiratory fitness	OBLA, anaerobic threshold, lactate turnpoint, maximal lactate steady state
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	VO2 max represents the maximum amount of oxygen a person can utilize during intense exercise, measured in millilitres of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute (ml/kg/min). Developed by Robert Bruce in 1963, the Bruce Protocol is a graded maximal exercise test on a motorized treadmill that incrementally increases speed and incline until the subject reaches volitional exhaustion. This test is a gold standard in clinical and sports medicine for assessing cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic capacity.	Lactate threshold, also termed the onset of blood lactate accumulation (OBLA), is the exercise intensity at which blood lactate concentration increases rapidly and non-linearly. Initially defined by Klaus Wasserman in 1973, the concept describes the physiological transition from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism. As exercise intensity increases, lactate production and clearance remain balanced until a critical threshold is exceeded, after which lactate rapidly accumulates in the blood, signaling a shift toward anaerobic energy pathways. This parameter is crucial in endurance sports and clinical exercise assessment.