Scaling peak V̇O2 to body mass in young male and female distance runners

M. Malina. Scaling peak V̇O2 to body mass in young male and female distance runners. J Appl Physiol 90: 2172–2180, 2001.—This study examined age- and sex-associated varia-tion in peak oxygen consumption (V̇O2) of young male and female distance runners from an allometric scaling perspec-tive. Subjects were from two separate studies of 9- to 19-yr-old distance runners from the mid-Michigan area, one con