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The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking
The ability to quantify power within the sport of slalom kayaking would provide coaches and athletes objective data to monitor performance. This study determined the validity of a kayak paddle power meter and subsequent relationship between work rate and stroke kinetics. One participant completed mu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6226066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30539086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-100380 |
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description | The ability to quantify power within the sport of slalom kayaking would provide coaches and athletes objective data to monitor performance. This study determined the validity of a kayak paddle power meter and subsequent relationship between work rate and stroke kinetics. One participant completed multiple trials of a flat-water, straight-line sprint and a sequence of slalom gates at numerous intensities to attain the velocity:power relationship. Laboratory results identified the kayak paddles’ strain gauges were valid and reliable, and field tests presented a cubic relationship for power as a function of velocity in the straight-line sprint (R (2) =0.982) and the slalom-specific test (R (2) =0.993). Further analysis of stroke kinetics identified velocity of hand movement at individual peak force capability to be critical in the highest work rates achieved for both slalom and flat-water sprinting. It was concluded that the kayak paddle power meter tested is a valid means of recording work rate and stroke kinetics during kayaking in the field. |
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spelling | pubmed-62260662018-12-11 The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking Macdermid, Paul William Fink, Philip W. Sports Med Int Open The ability to quantify power within the sport of slalom kayaking would provide coaches and athletes objective data to monitor performance. This study determined the validity of a kayak paddle power meter and subsequent relationship between work rate and stroke kinetics. One participant completed multiple trials of a flat-water, straight-line sprint and a sequence of slalom gates at numerous intensities to attain the velocity:power relationship. Laboratory results identified the kayak paddles’ strain gauges were valid and reliable, and field tests presented a cubic relationship for power as a function of velocity in the straight-line sprint (R (2) =0.982) and the slalom-specific test (R (2) =0.993). Further analysis of stroke kinetics identified velocity of hand movement at individual peak force capability to be critical in the highest work rates achieved for both slalom and flat-water sprinting. It was concluded that the kayak paddle power meter tested is a valid means of recording work rate and stroke kinetics during kayaking in the field. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6226066/ /pubmed/30539086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-100380 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Macdermid, Paul William Fink, Philip W. The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking |
title | The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking |
title_full | The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking |
title_fullStr | The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking |
title_full_unstemmed | The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking |
title_short | The Validation of a Paddle Power Meter for Slalom Kayaking |
title_sort | validation of a paddle power meter for slalom kayaking |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6226066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30539086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-100380 |
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