本研究目的是在於徵求校內21位男子足球選手與11位大學生的同意下觀察足球選手與一般生心肺適能的差異，全部受試者皆進行了修正後Bruce與登階測驗，並且用氣體分析儀全程監控他們的代謝機制和EPOC。結果發現足球選手心肺適能比一般生來得要好，心肺耐力指數藉由新加入的呼吸次數或是總EPOC可以提高預測最大攝氧量相關性。至於能量消耗方面，本研究結果發現運動心跳數與能量消耗有正相關的現象，因此將心跳數、EPOC、年齡、VO2max四項生理指標可得最佳多元迴歸公式預測能量消耗，將來可利用此公式取代昂貴的實驗儀器。未來將藉由大量的樣本以建立國人心肺耐力的新常模以及建立更有效的預測最大攝氧量與能量消耗的迴歸公式。

　　To observe the differences of cardio-respiratory fitness between the football players and college students, 21 male college football players and 11 male non-athletes college students were recruited with formal consents. They all were performed the Modified Bruce protocol and Step test with the monitoring by gas analyzer to observe the types of metabolism and Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC).
The greater VO2max in male college football players was observed. The predictive equation, yielded by the combination of EPOC and total breathes, was obtained with high correlation to VO2max values.