title: A comparison of two anaerobic test measurement systems using an upper body Wingate test.
abstract: This study aimed to compare performance measures acquired by two different Wingate Anaerobic Test systems; Cranlea and Monark. Twenty participants undertook 58 Wingate tests against a 4% body mass resistive load on a cycle ergometer adapted for arm cranking. Corrected peak power output (PP; W) was recorded using 1 rev min(-1), 0.5, 1 and 5 s averages and mean power output (MP; W). The Cranlea system recorded the greatest PP (589 ± 267 W) compared with the Monark (546 ± 267 W; P < 0.001). The PP using all other methods was also greater for the Cranlea compared with the Monark system (P < 0.001) with mean differences of 55 ± 18 W for 1 s averages and 22 ± 18 W for MP. Correlations between all PPs were strong (r = 0.99 - 0.97; P < 0.001). In conclusion, although the Cranlea system provides a consistently greater corrected PP it may not be enough to substantially differentiate between systems.
authors.affiliation: a The University of Northampton, Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Park Campus , Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AL , UK.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: Tony D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Mike J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012984:Software
keywords: arm cranking; female; male; power output; upper body exercise