Maximal Anaerobic Power: Relationship to Anthropometric Characteristics during Growth
Autor: | B. Mercier, C. Préfaut, Jacques Mercier, P. Granier, D. Le Gallais |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Physical Exertion Power relationship Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical exercise Growth Lower limb Body Mass Index Animal science medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Child Mathematics Leg Anthropometry Muscles Body Weight Lean tissue Muscle Tonus Lean body mass Physical therapy Bicycle ergometer human activities Anaerobic exercise |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Sports Medicine. 13:21-26 |
ISSN: | 1439-3964 0172-4622 |
Popis: | The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of age in relation to anthropometric characteristics upon maximal anaerobic power of legs in sixty-nine young boys aged 11 to 19 years. Maximal anaerobic power (Wmax) was measured by the force-velocity test. Lean body mass (LBM) was determined from all four skin-fold thickness measurements, leg volume (LV) was estimated by anthropometric method, and anthropometric measurements were used to determine total muscular mass (TMM). Wmax increased significantly (F = 44.1, p less than 0.001) between 11 and 19 years and was correlated with LV (r = 0.84) and TMM (r = 0.88). It was most highly correlated with LBM (r = 0.94), which best explained the percentage of the total variance of Wmax (88%). Normalized Wmax (Wmax/LBM) also increased significantly between 11 and 19 years (F = 21.9, p less than 0.001). In conclusion, Wmax determined by the force-velocity test was closely related to anthropometric characteristics, especially LBM, during the growth period. Furthermore, even when corrected for lean body mass, maximal anaerobic power was always found to increase. This suggests that other undetermined factors, in addition to the amount of lean tissue mass, may explain the increase of Wmax during the force-velocity test. |
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