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References for the Beep Test
Here is a selection of research papers relating to the 20m multistage fitness test, listed chronologically.
- Léger, L.A. and Lambert, J., 1982, 'A maximal multistage 20m
shuttle run test to predict VO2max', European
Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 49, p1-5.
- Léger, L.A., Lambert, J., Goulet, A., Rowan, C., &
Dinelle, Y. (1984). Capacité aérobie des Québécois de
6 à 17 ans — test navette de 20 mètres avec paliers de 1 minute. Canadian Journal of Applied Sport Sciences,
9(2), 64-69.
- Ramsbottom et al. (1988) A progressive shuttle run test to
estimate maximal oxygen uptake. British Journal of Sports
Medicine 22: 141-5.
- Brewer, J., Ramsbottom, R., & Williams, C. (1988). Multistage fitness test: A progressive shuttle-run
test for the prediction of maximum oxygen uptake.
Belconnen, ACT: Australian Coaching Council.
- Brewer, J., Ramsbottom, R., & Williams, C. (1988).
Multistage fitness test: A progressive shuttle-run
test for the prediction of maximum oxygen uptake.
Leeds, UK: National Coaching Foundation.
- Leger, L. and Gadoury, C, (1989) 'Validity of the 20m shuttle
run test with one-minute stages to predict VO2max in adults. Canadian
Journal of Sport Science, 14:1 21-26.
- Riddoch CJ. (1990) The Northern Ireland health and fitness survey
-1989: the fitness, physical activity, attitudes and lifestyles of
Northern Ireland post-primary schoolchildren. Belfast: The
Queen’s University of Belfast.
- Australian Sports Commission (1999). 20 m shuttle run
test: A progressive shuttle run test for measuring ærobic fitness. Belconnen, ACT: Australian Coaching
Council.
- Tomkinson, G.R., Léger, L.A., Olds, T.S., & Cazorla,
G. (2003). Secular trends in the performance of
children and adolescents (1980–2000): An analysis of
55 studies of the 20 m shuttle run in 11 countries. Sports Medicine, 33, 285–300.
- Olds, T, Tomkinson, G, Léger, L and Cazorla, G (2004). Worldwide variation in children’s fitness: a meta-analysis of 109 studies on the 20m shuttle run from 37 countries, Journal of Sports Sciences Volume 24, Number 10/October 2006.
- Allana G LeBlanc, Kevin Belanger, Francisco B Ortega and Luc Léger Grant R Tomkinson, Justin J Lang, Mark S Tremblay, Michael Dale, International normative 20 m shuttle run values from 1,142,026 children and youth representing 50 countries. Br J Sports Med published online May 20, 2016.

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