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Reliability of performance in repeated sprint cycling tests

Watt, K. K. O., Hopkins, W. G. and Snow, Rod 2002, Reliability of performance in repeated sprint cycling tests, Journal of science and medicine in sport, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 354-361.

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Title Reliability of performance in repeated sprint cycling tests
Author(s) Watt, K. K. O.
Hopkins, W. G.
Snow, Rod
Journal name Journal of science and medicine in sport
Volume number 5
Issue number 4
Start page 354
End page 361
Publisher Sports medicine Australia
Place of publication Belconnen, A.C.T.
Publication date 2002-12
ISSN 1440-2440
Summary We have estimated the reliability of performance in a commonly employed exercise test consisting of repeated sprints on a cycle ergometer. Eight recreationally active young men completed a practice trial and three more trials at 3- to 6-day intervals. Each trial consisted of two bouts of 30-s maximal-effort cycling on an electromagnetically braked cycle ergometer; the bouts were separated by 4 min of rest. The typical (standard) errors of measurement for peak and mean power between trials 2 to 4 were 2.5 and 1.7% respectively for the first bout and 1.9 and 1.8% for the second bout. These errors are substantially less than those in previous reliability studies of single 30-s sprint tests, probably because of differences in quality of ergometer. The typical errors for the difference between bouts (i.e., fatigue) for peak power and mean power were 3.0 and 2.5%, respectively. Typical errors for the average of the two bouts were 1.6 and 1.2% for peak and mean power respectively, which are small enough to give adequate precision for moderate treatment effects in studies with modest sample sizes.
Notes Available online 16 December 2005.
Language eng
Field of Research 060699 Physiology not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2002, Elsevier
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001529

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