Quantification of the manifestations of fatigue during treadmill running

Autor: Vinzenz von Tscharner, Benno M. Nigg, Jared R. Fletcher, Lisa M. Stirling
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: European Journal of Sport Science. 12:418-424
ISSN: 1536-7290
1746-1391
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2011.568632
Popis: During whole-body exercise, fatigue is difficult to quantify; however, changes to mechanical, physiological and psychological systems during exercise are associated with the development of fatigue. To quantify fatigue, one must therefore assess changes occurring in these variables. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a method to assign weightings to selected variables and to combine them into a single value quantifying changes occurring during exercise. Twelve female recreational runners performed one hour of treadmill running, during which heart rate, respiration rate, stride frequency and six selected psychological variables were collected at defined intervals throughout the run. Data were normalised and a principle component analysis was performed. The resulting first eigenvector was termed the “contribution vector” and indicated the weighting of each variable towards the global exercise-induced changes in the body. The projection of data onto the contribution vector resulted in a val...
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