- Title
- Validation of a six second cycle test for the determination of peak power output
- Creator
- Herbert, Peter; Sculthorpe, Nicholas; Baker, Julien; Grace, Fergal
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/157936
- Identifier
- vital:11712
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2015.1005294
- Identifier
- ISSN:1543-8627
- Abstract
- The present study examined the agreement between peak power output during a standard Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT) and a six second 'all-out' test on a Wattbike Pro. Nine males (40.7 +/- 19.4 yrs, 1.76 +/- 0.03 cm, 82.11 +/- 8.9 kg) underwent three testing protocols on separate days. The protocols consisted 30 second WAnT (WAnT30), a modified WAnT over 6 seconds (WAnT6) and a 6 second peak power test (PPT6). PPT6 was correlated with WAnT30 (r = 0.9; p < 0.001) with a mean bias of 105 W. PPT6 correlated with WAnT6 (r = 0.95; p < 0.001) with a mean bias of 74 W. WAnT6 correlated with WAnT30 (r = 0.99; p < 0.001) with a mean bias of 31 W. There was no difference in time to peak power between any trial. PPT6 resulted in significantly greater power outputs than in WAnT30 and WAnT6 (p < 0.001). We conclude that PPT6 and WAnT6 are valid measures of peak power output compared with WAnT30. This identifies that PPT6 and WAnT6 as short duration 'all-out' tests that have practical applications for researchers and coaches who wish to assess peak power output without the fatiguing effects associated with a standard WAnT.
- Relation
- Research in Sports Medicine Vol. 23, no. 2 (2015), p. 115-125
- Rights
- © 2015 Taylor & Francis
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; Wattbike; Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT); Rolling start; Static start; Fatigue
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