Comparison and Performance Validation of Calculated and Established Anaerobic Lactate Thresholds in Running
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Design
2.3. Isokinetic Sprint Test and VLamax Determination (Performance Capacity of Glycolysis)
2.4. Graded Exercise Running Test and VO2max and LTAn Determination
2.5. Calculation of Running Velocity at cLTAn
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Practical Applications
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Participant | Body Mass (kg) | VO2max (mL kg−1∙min−1) | VLamax (mmol L−1 s−1) | Ks4 (mL kg−1∙min−1 per 1 m s−1) | OBLA (m s−1) | mDmax (m s−1) | cLTAn (m s−1) |
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1 | 59.2 | 74.6 | 0.38 | 12.1 | 5.19 | 4.93 | 4.70 |
2 | 64.4 | 70.0 | 0.32 | 12.1 | 4.97 | 4.65 | 4.42 |
3 | 64.4 | 80.3 | 0.33 | 13.2 | - | 5.12 | 4.87 |
4 | 72.6 | 68.0 | 0.33 | 11.8 | 4.43 | 4.16 | 4.38 |
5 | 72.3 | 65.4 | 0.42 | 11.3 | 4.54 | 4.43 | 4.20 |
6 | 68.5 | 62.3 | 0.46 | 10.7 | 4.31 | 4.37 | 3.99 |
7 | 59.1 | 80.1 | 0.31 | 14.2 | 4.53 | 4.33 | 4.53 |
8 | 73.2 | 67.4 | 0.55 | 10.8 | 4.77 | 4.52 | 4.31 |
9 | 58.4 | 68.7 | 0.33 | 11.0 | 4.94 | 4.61 | 4.72 |
10 | 65.4 | 60.8 | 0.50 | 11.0 | 4.13 | 3.97 | 3.66 |
Mean ± SD | 65.8 ± 5.8 | 69.8 ± 6.7 | 0.39 ± 0.09 | 11.8 ± 1.1 | 4.65 ± 0.35 | 4.44 ± 0.28 * | 4.32 ± 0.34 * |
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Ji, S.; Sommer, A.; Bloch, W.; Wahl, P. Comparison and Performance Validation of Calculated and Established Anaerobic Lactate Thresholds in Running. Medicina 2021, 57, 1117. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101117
Ji S, Sommer A, Bloch W, Wahl P. Comparison and Performance Validation of Calculated and Established Anaerobic Lactate Thresholds in Running. Medicina. 2021; 57(10):1117. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101117
Chicago/Turabian StyleJi, Sanghyeon, Aldo Sommer, Wilhelm Bloch, and Patrick Wahl. 2021. "Comparison and Performance Validation of Calculated and Established Anaerobic Lactate Thresholds in Running" Medicina 57, no. 10: 1117. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101117