title: Mean power during 20 sec all-out test to predict 2000 m rowing ergometer performance in national level young rowers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between mean power during 20 s all-out rowing ergometer test and 2000 m rowing ergometer performance, in 20 young male rowers (mean age 15.2±1.3 years).
  
  
  METHODS
  Mean power during 20 s all-out test (W20), maximal oxygen uptake during incremental test (VO2max), and anthropometric values, were measured and correlated with the time to perform a 2000 m trial (t2000).
  
  
  RESULTS
  W20 showed the highest correlation with t2000 (r=-0.947, P<0.0001). Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis showed that W20, VO2max, and fat-free mass, were the variables most correlated with t2000, accounting for 95.1% of the variance, and that 89.7% of the variance in 2000 m rowing ergometer performance time was accounted for by W20.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that W20 is an important predictor of 2000 m rowing ergometer performance, and the 20 s all-out test on rowing ergometer may be a useful monitoring tool for young rowers.
authors.affiliation: Sport and Exercise Sciences "DISMOT" Research Unit, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy - marcello.traina@unipa.it.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cerasola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zangla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D016552:Ergometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*