Open AccessSources of Variability in Performance Times at the World Orienteering Championships
Author(s) -
Kim HébertLosier,
Simon Platt,
William G. Hopkins
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000000558
Subject(s) - orienteering , sprint , predictability , elite , race (biology) , intraclass correlation , statistics , psychology , mathematics , physical therapy , medicine , sociology , gender studies , mathematical optimization , politics , political science , law , psychometrics
An improvement equal to 0.3 of the typical variation in an elite athlete's race-to-race performance estimates the smallest worthwhile enhancement, which has not yet been determined for orienteers. Moreover, much of the research in high-performance orienteering has focused on physical and cognitive aspects, although course characteristics might influence race performance. Analysis of race data provides insights into environmental effects and other aspects of competitive performance. Our aim was to examine such factors in relation to World Orienteering Championships performances.