Practice effect of the Wingate anaerobic test.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of a practice effect on the Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT). Twenty-five young adult men (mean age = 20 years) performed 2 trials of the WAnT, which were separated by 7 days. Mean peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) for trials I and II were compared using a 1-way repeated measures analysis of variance to determine if a practice effect existed. Mean PP and MP scores were significantly higher (p < 0.025) on trial II (867.64 and 634.68 W for PP and MP, respectively) than on trial I (764.48 and 604.92 W), indicating that a practice effect occurred. Effect size (Cohen's d) for PP and MP was 0.72 and 0.35, indicating a large effect and small effect, respectively. Therefore, at least 1 full administration should be performed prior to a baseline power output measurement.
Barfield
Jean-Paul
JP
Department of Exercise Science and Sport Studies, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama 36106, USA. jpbarfield@huntington.edu
Sells
Pat D
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Rowe
Dave A
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Hannigan-Downs
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D000328:Adult; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results