Table Of ContentSponsoring Committeet P ro fesso r Raymond A. Weiss,
Professor E lla P. H a rris and
Professor John G« Rockw ell
AN EVALUATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OP THE MILE
SHUTTLE RUN
ROSCOE C. BROWN, JR.
Submitted in p a rtia l fu lfillm e n t of th e
requirements for the degree of D octor of
Philosophy in the School of E ducation of
New York U n iv ersity
aooepteft
A p rils, 1951
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(Signed)
TToscoe ^ . Brown, Jr
SPONSORING COMMITTEE
Raymond A. Weiss, Chairman,
E lla F. H arris,______________
John G« Rockwell,___________
To My Loving Fam ily
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The in v e stig a to r w ishes to express his sincere
thanks and appreciation fo r th e ir assistance of the follow ing
persons in the com pletion of th is study*
Dr* Isadore Schlam ow itz, D irector of United S ta te s
Air Force Project R esearch a t th e School of Education, New
York University
Dr. Raymond A* Vfeiss, Dr. E lla F. H arris, and Dr.
John G. Rockwell, the members of the Sponsoring Committee
Mr. Edward P e iz e r
Dr. John E. S aw hill and Miss Grace Voehl and o th e r
members of the sta ff of th e New York U niversity Health S erv ice
The Physical E ducation Majors and Students of th e
School of Education, New York U niversity, who served as sub
jects
Messrs. Pat In fa n tin o and Norman T aslltz
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
C hapter Page
I I n tr o d u c tio n ............................. 1
The P ro b le m ................................................................................ 1
D e fin itio n of Terms .......................................................... 1
D e lim ita tio n s •. • . ......................................................................... 2
The Need fo r the Study ............................................................ 4
I I Review of R elated L ite ra tu re ..................................... 10
I I I P rocedures Used In C o llectio n and A nalysis of
Data . . . . . . . ....................................................... 20
Statem ent of R e lia b ility ...................................... 32
A nalysis of the D ata' ........................................................ 34
IV R esu lts ............................................................................. 4l
P h y sio lo g ica l R elatio n sh ip s ......................................... 46
Oxygen Debt ....................................................... 46
The R elatio n sh ip of Oxygen Debt to Mile
S h u ttle Run Perform ance .................................... 46
The R elatio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run
Oxygen Debt to T readm ill Oxygen Debt '48
V e n tila tio n Volume .......................................... 50
The R elatio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run
V e n tila tio n Volume to M ile S h u ttle
Run P e rfo rm a n c e .................. 50
The R elatio n sh ip of Mile S h u ttle Run
V e n tila tio n Volume and T readm ill
V e n tila tio n Volume ................................................ 52
P ulse R ate R eturn R a t i o .................................... 53
The R elatio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run
Pulse Rate R eturn R atio to Mile
S h u ttle Run Perform ance ............................... 53
The R elatio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run
Pulse Rate R eturn R atio and Treadm ill
Pulse Rate R eturn R a t i o ............................... 55
R esp irato ry Rate R eturn R atio .............................. 56
The R elatio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run
R esp irato ry Rate R eturn R atio to Mile
S h u ttle Run P e rfo rm a n ce .................... 56
The R elatio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run
R esp irato ry Rate Return R atio to
T readm ill R esp irato ry Rate Return
R atio ............................................................................. 56
The R elatio n sh ip s between M ile S h u ttle Run
and T readm ill Perform ance ............... 59
R e lia b ility ................................................................................... 63
V Summary and C onclusions ........................................ 66
Summary of R e s u l ts ................*........................ 67
C onclusions ...................................................... • 69
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Chapter Page
VI D iscu ssio n ....................................................................................... 71
B ib lio g rap h y ................................................. « . . . 75
A ppendix ............ 77
M edical Exam ination F orm ............................................... 78
L is t of I n s t r u c t i o n s ......................................................... 79
Form ulae Used in Computation of Oxygen D ebt 8 l
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LIST OF TABLES
T able Page
I Table of B asic Data concerning Subjects Tested
In th is In v e s tig a tio n ..............................*........................... 42
I I T o tal Perform ance Time and D rop-off Index In
th e M ile S h u ttle Run ......................................................... 43
I I I T o ta l Work Index and T o tal Time Run in the
A ll-o u t T read m ill Run ...................................................... 44
IV D ata fo r P h y s io lo g ic a l V ariables Studied during
Recovery from th e A ll-o u t T readm ill Run and the
M ile S h u ttle Run ..................................................... 45
V The R e la tio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run Oxygen
Debt to M ile S h u ttle Run Perform ance and to
T readm ill Run Oxygen D e b t........................................ 47
VT The R e la tio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run Ventilation
Volume to M ile S h u ttle Run Perform ance and to
T readm ill Run V e n tila tio n Volume .................................... 51
VTI The R e la tio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run Pulse Rate
R eturn R atio to M ile S h u ttle Run Performance
to T read m ill Run P ulse Rate R eturn R a tio 54
V III The R e la tio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run Respira
to ry Rate R eturn R atio to M ile S h u ttle Run
Perform ance and to T readm ill Run Respiratory
R ate R eturn R a tio ................................................................... 57
IX The R e la tio n sh ip of M ile S h u ttle Run Perform
ance to T read m ill Perform ance ............................................ 60
X R e lia b ility of th e M ile S h u ttle Run Performance
Time ................................................................................................. 64
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LIST OF DIAGRAMS
Diagram
Number Page
1 E le c tric Timing Box and R espiratory C ounter • • 2H-
2 P la s tic Valve Assembly for Two-way V alves • .. * 25
3 Automatic Photoelectric Timing D e v ic e .................... 27
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
lias. Prf&Ofia
The purpose of th is in v estig atio n is to conduct an
a n a ly sis of perform ance in the m ile sh u ttle in order to deter
mine th e p h y sio lo g ic a l changes asso ciated therewith and in
o rd er to ev alu ate th is event as an index of the endurance of
young men on th e b a sis of a ll-o u t treadm ill running performance
and th e p h y sio lo g ic a l changes re su ltin g therefrom.
S tatem ent of the Sub-Problems
1* How and to what ex ten t is performance in the mile
s h u ttle run d escrib ed by selected physiological criteria?
2* How do c e rta in p h ysiological stresses resulting
from perform ance in th e m ile sh u ttle run compare with the
p h y sio lo g ic a l s tre s s e s re su ltin g from all-out treadmill running
p e rf ormanc e ?
3« To what ex ten t can performance in the mile shuttle
run be used as an index of a ll-o u t endurance performance and
th e p h y sio lo g ic a l changes re su ltin g from all-out endurance per
form ance?
PefjnttlPft of Terms
Endurance - The a b ility of the body to sustain physical effort.
Perform ance in th e M ile Shu ttle Run - Time required by a subject
