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	VO2 Max (Protocollo di Bruce)	Potenza Critica (Monod)	EPOC
Campo	Scienze dello sport	Scienze dello sport	Scienze dello sport
Famiglia	Hypothesis test	Hypothesis test	Hypothesis test
Anno di origine	1963	1965	1986
Ideatore	Robert Bruce	Henry Monod	Brehm & Gutin
Tipo	graded maximal exercise test	power-duration model	post-exercise metabolic measurement
Fonte seminale	Bruce, R. A. (1963). Evaluation of functional capacity and exercise tolerance of cardiac patients. Modern Concepts of Cardiovascular Disease, 32(4), 1-4.	Monod, H., & Scherrer, J. (1965). The work capacity of a synergic muscular group. Ergonomics, 8(3), 329-338.	Brehm, B. A., & Gutin, B. (1986). Recovery energy expenditure for steady state exercise in runners and non-runners. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 18(4), 441-446.
Alias	maximal aerobic capacity, aerobic power, cardiorespiratory fitness	CP model, power-duration relationship, anaerobic capacity, critical torque	afterburn effect, recovery oxygen uptake, post-exercise metabolic elevation, APMR
Correlati	5	5	5
Sintesi	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.	Critical power (CP) is the highest power output that can be sustained indefinitely without fatigue, representing the boundary between sustainable and unsustainable exercise. Introduced by Henry Monod and Scherrer in 1965, the critical power model describes the hyperbolic relationship between power output and time-to-exhaustion. The model partitions work capacity into two components: critical power (the aerobic ceiling) and anaerobic work capacity (the maximal work that can be performed above critical power before depletion). This framework is widely used in exercise physiology, sports science, and occupational biomechanics.	Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), commonly called the 'afterburn effect', is the elevated rate of oxygen uptake and metabolic activity that persists after exercise ends. First systematically studied by Brehm and Gutin (1986), EPOC reflects the energy cost of restoring homeostasis after physical exertion. During recovery, the body must replenish phosphate stores, clear lactate, restore oxygen debt to muscles, increase body temperature, and return cardiovascular and respiratory function to baseline. This lingering metabolic elevation results in continued calorie burning long after exercise stops, a phenomenon of significant interest in sports science and fitness.