TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zinner, Christoph
A1  - Sperlich, Billy
A1  - Wahl, Patrick
A1  - Mester, Joachim
T1  - Classification of selected cardiopulmonary variables of elite athletes of different age, gender, and disciplines during incremental exercise testing
T2  - SpringerPlus
N2  - Incremental exercise testing is frequently used as a tool for evaluating determinants of endurance performance. The available reference values for the peak oxygen uptake \((VO_{2peak})\), % of \(VO_{2peak}\) , running speed at the lactate threshold \((v_{LT})\), running economy (RE), and maximal running speed \((v_{peak})\) for different age, gender, and disciplines are not sufficient for the elite athletic population. The key variables of 491 young athletes (age range 12–21 years; 250 males, 241 females) assessed during a running step test protocol \((2.4 m s^{−1} ; increase 0.4 m s^{−1}  5 min^{−1})\) were analysed in five subgroups, which were related to combat-, team-, endurance-, sprint- and power-, and racquet-related disciplines. Compared with female athletes, male athletes achieved a higher \(v_{peak}\) (P = 0.004). The body mass, lean body mass, height, abs. \(VO_{2peak} (ml min^{−1})\), rel. \(VO_{2peak} (ml kg^{−1}  min^{−1})\), rel. \(VO_{2peak} (ml min^{−1}  kg^{−0.75})\), and RE were higher in the male participants compared with the females (P < 0.01). The % of \(VO_2\) at \(v_{LT}\) was lower in the males compared with the females (P < 0.01). No differences between gender were detected for the \(v_{LT}\) (P = 0.17) and % of \(VO_2\) at \(v_{LT}\) (P = 0.42). This study is one of the first to provide a broad spectrum of data to classify nearly 500 elite athletes aged 12–21 years of both gender and different disciplines.
KW  - performance
KW  - data
KW  - competition
KW  - reference values
Y1  - 2015
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12627
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-126275
VL  - 4
IS  - 544
ER  -