EVIDENCE FOR THE INVALIDITY OF THE WINGATE TEST FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PEAK POWER, POWER DECREMENT AND MUSCULAR FATIGUE
Journal Title: Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 10, Issue 2
Abstract
We hypothesized that the protocol-induced initial cadence of the WAnT is too high to allow high muscle force production and peak power generation. Twenty endurance, strength or power trained subjects (9 male, 11 female) completed two 30 s maximal exertion stationary cycle ergometer tests involving the traditional peak cadence start (TRAD) vs. a stationary start (STAT). Inertia corrected mechanical power, cadence, EMG from the vastus lateralis, and applied force to the pedals were measured continuously throughout both tests. Peak power was higher during TRAD; 11.32 ±1.41 vs. 10.40 ±1.35 Watts/kg (p < 0.0001), as was peak cadence; 171.4 ±16.3 vs. 120.9 ±15.1 rev/min (p < 0.0001). However, during TRAD EMG root mean squared (rms) increased continuously throughout the test, force applied to the pedals increased from 1 to 3 s (0.73 ±0.27 vs. 0.90 ±0.39 N/kg; p = 0.02) and thereafter remained relatively stable. EMG mean frequency also increased from 1 to 3 s, but then decreased throughout the remainder of the test. During TRAD, mechanical power decreased near immediately despite increasing EMG rms, EMGmean frequency and force application to the pedals. The initial 10 s of data from the WAnT is invalid. We recommend that intense cycle ergometer testing should commence with a stationary start.
Authors and Affiliations
Robert A. Robergs, David Kennedy, Ann L. Gibson, Micah Zuhl, Hung-Sheng Hsu, Jason Beam, Roy M. Salgado, Ailish C White, Aditi Majumdar, Steve Lawson, Edson Estrada, Gustavo Sierra
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