Open AccessDetermination of Anaerobic Capacity - Reliability and Validity of Sprint Running Tests
Author(s) -
Corinna Wawer,
Oliver Heine,
HansGeorg Predel,
Da-Sol Park,
Woo-Hwi Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
undong gwahag
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1226-1726
DOI - 10.15857/es.2020.29.2.129
Subject(s) - sprint , anaerobic exercise , treadmill , blood lactate , zoology , reliability (semiconductor) , mathematics , aerobic capacity , physical therapy , medicine , heart rate , biology , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , blood pressure
PURPOSE: A number of physiological diagnostics were developed. However, the timeline-related diagnostics of maximal anaerobic glycolytic capacity remain unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of a sprint running test to assess the anaerobic capacity.METHODS: The study was divided into three parts. Sixty-one male (24±4 years, 181.0±4.3 cm; 78.5±5.9 kg) and twelve female (25±3 years, 167.0±0.6 cm, 60.4±5.7 kg) sports students participated in this study. Twenty-five subjects (13 males, 24±2 years, 181.0±0.5 cm, 78.5±5.9 kg; 12 females, 25±3 years, 167.0±0.6 cm, 60.4±5.7 kg) performed incremental step tests at running track and several linear sprints on a running track (LSRT) with different time durations (8, 10, 12, and 14 seconds)(part I) on different days. Twenty-five male subjects (24±3 years, 180.7±6.7 cm, 84.6±8.8 kg) conducted a 10 or 12 second sprint running on a non-motorized treadmill (NMT)(part II). In part III, twenty-three male subjects (24±2 years, 181.4±5.8 cm, 74.5±7.4 kg) ran a 10 second LSRT and NMT on consecutive days. Capillary blood samplings were taken before (Lac r ) and after the sprint running for ten minutes at one minute intervals to find out maximal lactate concentration after exercise and to calculate the maximum lactate production rate (LPR max ).RESULTS: For all parts reliability for LPR max was proven (Part I: 8 seconds: ICC: r =.89; 10 seconds: ICC: r =.82; 12 seconds: ICC: r =.92; 14 seconds: r =.84, respectively; Part II: 10 seconds: ICC: r =.76; 12 seconds: ICC: r =.79). To analyze validity for LPR max , Part III was conducted and proven valid (ICC: r =.96, p=.074).CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate that LSRT and NMT reliably determine anaerobic capacity and can be used as a valid tool for physiological performance diagnostics.