Relationship between Anaerobic Parameters Provided from MAOD and Critical Power Model in Specific Table Tennis Test

Abstract

The aim of this study was to verify the validity of the curvature constant parameter (W'), calculated from 2-parameter mathematical equations of critical power model, in estimating the anaerobic capacity and anaerobic work capacity from a table tennis-specific test. Specifically, we aimed to i) compare constants estimated from three critical intensity models in a table tennis-specific test (Cf); ii) correlate each estimated W' with the maximal accumulated oxygen deficit (MAOD); iii) correlate each W' with the total amount of anaerobic work (W ANAER) performed in each exercise bout performed during the Cf test. Nine national-standard male table tennis players participated in the study. MAOD was 63.0(10.8) mL · kg - 1 and W' values were 32.8(6.6) balls for the linear-frequency model, 38.3(6.9) balls for linear-total balls model, 48.7(8.9) balls for Nonlinear-2 parameter model. Estimated W' from the Nonlinear 2-parameter model was significantly different from W' from the other 2 models (P<0.05). Also, none W' values were significantly correlated with MAOD or W ANAER (r ranged from - 0.58 to 0.51; P>0.13). Thus, W' estimated from the 2-parameter mathematical equations did not correlate with MAOD or W ANAER in table tennis-specific tests, indicating that W' may not provide a strong and valid estimation of anaerobic capacity and anaerobic capacity work.

Relationship of aerobic and anaerobic parameters with 400 m front crawl swimming performance

“…C ANA was assumed as the sum of the C ALA and C LAT . These procedures were similar to those performed in other studies [19, 20]. $\stackrel{.}{V}{O}_{2(t)}=\stackrel{.}{V}{O}_{2BAS}+A_1[e^{-(t-\delta )/T1)}]+A_2[e^{-(t-\delta )/T2)}]$ ${\text{C}}_{\text{ALA}}={\text{A}}_{\text{1}}·T^{-1}$…”

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Running Anaerobic Sprint Test, Lactate Minimum and Critical Velocity Protocol in Shuttle Futsal Testing

“…Theoretically, the ARC should be relative to a finite amount of work performed above C V (Monod and Scherrer 1965). However, while the C V is considered as the intensity transition between the heavy and severe intensity domains (Jones et al 2010), several studies have criticized the physiological meaning of ARC (Dekerle et al 2006;Zagatto and Gobatto. 2012;Zagatto et al 2008).…”

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