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Acta Physiologica 2007; Volume 189, Supplement 653
The 86th Annual Meeting of The German Physiological Society
3/25/2007-3/28/2007
Hannover, Germany
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ANAEROBIC POWER IN STUDENTS
Abstract number: P23-L4-14
Nikolaidis1 P
1Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Biomedical Laboratory
Maximal anaerobic power, the ability to perform highly intensive work per unit of time using prevalently the immediate mechanism of ATP replenishment (ATP ? CP system) and the anaerobic glycolysis, is a determinant factor for the success in a variety of sports. Purpose of this study was to find out gender differences in anaerobic power and capacity in Physical Education and Sport students56 female (age 22.72 years old ± 1.96, body mass 60.7 Kg ± 6.06, stature 1.69 m ± 0.06 and body mass index 21.19 Kg.m-2 ± 1.92,mean ± standard deviation) and 152 male (23.34 years old ± 2.14, 77.3 Kg ± 7.85, 1.82 m ± 0.06 and 23.28 ± 1.93 Kg.m-2 ) students realized the 30-sec Wingate anaerobic test. Significantly higher values in the main indexes of the test, peak power (PP) (63.36 % in absolute and 28.03 % in relative to body mass values), mean power (MP) (60.76 % in absolute and 26.06 % in relative to body mass values) and fatigue index (8.15 %) were achieved by men with respect to female students. Female and male students revealed similar and high correlation between body mass and power parameters in absolute values (r=0.79 and r=0.81 for PP and r=0.79 and r=0.82 for MP, correspondingly). These results were consistent with the existing theory and previous findings. Key words: ergometry, Wingate test, men, women, ATP-CP, anaerobic glycolysis
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Acta Physiologica 2007; Volume 189, Supplement 653 :P23-L4-14