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Vital Capacity Charts
Excerpted from
Arnold
Jacobs: Song and Wind*
When a student came to Jacobs, he always asked
them their age, height and weight. Through
experience, he determined their vital capacity
[the amount of lung tissue with the physical
capability of holding a certain volume of air].
Total lung capacity cannot be increased beyond
what nature grants to a particular body. Only the
elasticity of the lung tissue or chest wall can be
increased.
Video
- Age/Height
The following charts based on a
formula from the American Thoracic Society can
determine an estimate of a person's vital capacity
[in liters] based on height, age and gender.
Vital
Capacity Chart - Male
Male - Metric
Vital
Capacity Chart - Female
Female - Metric
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*Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind. Copyright ©1996
by Brian Frederiksen. Printed in the United States
of America. All rights reserved. No part of this
book may be reproduced in any form or by any
electronic or mechanical means without permission
in writing from the author. |
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