Associations between Multimodal Fitness Assessments and Rowing Ergometer Performance in Collegiate Female Athletes

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2020
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The purpose was to examine the association of critical power from a three-minute all-out row (CP3-min) and peak power from a one-stroke maximum test (1-Stroke) with laboratory-based fitness assessments (peak oxygen consumption [(V)over dotO(2peak)] and Wingate anaerobic test [WAnT]) and 6000 m (6K) and 2000 m (2K) rowing ergometer performance. Thirty-one female collegiate rowers (20.2 +/- 1.1 years, 70.9 +/- 6.9 kg, and 172.2 +/- 4.8 cm) participated in fitness and rowing performance testing. Pearson's correlations, linear regression, and Cohen's q were used to determine statistical relationships. Absolute (V)over dotO(2peak) values displayed significant correlations with 6K(total) (-0.68), 6K(split) (-0.68), 2K(total) (-0.64), and 2K(split) (-0.43). Relative (V)over dotO(2peak) displayed significant correlations with 6K(total) (-0.36), and 6K(split) (-0.37). CP3-min demonstrated significant correlations with 6K(total) (-0.62), 6K(split) (-0.62), 2K(total) (-0.61), and 2K(split) (-0.99). For 2K(split), a significant difference was observed between relative (V)over dotO(2peak) and CP3-min correlations with a "large" effect size (q = 2.367). Furthermore, 1-Stroke showed significant associations with 6K(total) (-0.63), 6K(split) (-0.63), 2K(total) (-0.62), and 2K(split) (-0.44), while WAnT produced non-significant correlations. Absolute (V)over dotO(2peak) CP3-min accounted for significant proportions of variance observed with performance measures (p < 0.05). Practitioners should consider incorporating CP3-min and 1-Stroke as additional tests for gauging rowing performance.

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critical power, 3-min all-out, maximal oxygen uptake, aerobic capacity, anaerobic power, ALL-OUT TEST, CRITICAL POWER, WORK CAPACITY, OXYGEN-UPTAKE, VELOCITY, ROWERS, Sport Sciences
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Holmes, C. J., Hornikel, B., Sullivan, K., & Fedewa, M. V. (2020). Associations between Multimodal Fitness Assessments and Rowing Ergometer Performance in Collegiate Female Athletes. In Sports (Vol. 8, Issue 10, p. 136). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8100136