Reliability of Time –Trial versus Time-to- Exhaustion Cycle Tests in healthy untrained subjects
Journal Title: Journal of Science and Cycling - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
In sport science and physiology, exercise performance tests are frequently used to examine the influence of experimental interventions on endurance performance. The reliability (or reproducibility) of performance of a test refers to the consistency or reproducibility of performance when someone performs the test repeatedly. The reliability of time-to-exhaustion and time-trial performance test protocols has not been studied extensively. To date, the studies of Jeukendrup et al (cyling) and Laursen et al. (running) are the only studies that directly compared the reliability of TTE versus TT exercise tests. The reliability of TTE versus TT in healthy untrained subjects needs to be studied since athletic status, exercise intensity and duration are factors that affect the reliability of performance tests. Therefore, the purpose of this study was 1) to evaluate the reproducibility of comparable TT and TTE tests in healthy untrained male subjects; and 2) to evaluate the performance (time to completion) in the TT and TTE test with similar intensity.
Authors and Affiliations
Gosens, W. | Institute of Human Movement and Sports, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.Department of Human Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Oomen, J. M. | Institute of Human Movement and Sports, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Hesselink, M. K. C. | Department of Human Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Borghouts, L. B. | Institute of Human Movement and Sports, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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