ASSESSMENT OF THE AEROSPORT TEEM-100 PORTABLE METABOLIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

The present study evaluated the utility of a portable metabolic measur ement system, the Aerosport TEEM 100. A total of 505 data points [242 from incremental (INC) and 263 from constant load (CL) exercise] were collected on 12 subjects (age = 25 +/- 4 yr), by placing the Aerosport TEEM 100 medium flow pneumotach and mouthpiece in-line with a validat ed system, the Rayfield system. When VO2 values were separated into ca tegories (<1.5, 1.5-2.0, 2.0-2.5, 2.5-3.0, >3.0 1 . min(-1)), there wa s a small but statistically significant difference between the two met abolic measurement systems for VO2, VCO2, V-E, RER, %ECO2, and %O-E(2) during both INC and CL exercise and measurement error for VO2 ranged between 2% and 11%. Correlations for VO2 values during INC and CL exer cise between the two systems were r = 0.95 (SE(est) +/- 0.18 1 . min(- 1)) and r = 0.96 (SE(est) +/- 0.29 1 . min(-1)), respectively. Correla tions for RER were r = 0.82 (SE(est) +/- 0.08) and r = 0.47 (SE(est) /- 0.11), for INC and CL, respectively. Results from the present inves tigation indicate that the Aerosport TEEM 100 has utility for the asse ssment of VO2, but the estimation of carbohydrate and fat utilization from RER should be used with caution.