Measurement of muscular power (anaerobic) in man.
- 1 September 1966
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 21 (5) , 1662-1664
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1966.21.5.1662
Abstract
A test for the maximum anaerobic power or the maximal work performance, in a short burst of maximal activity in man has been devised. It consists of measuring with an electronic clock the vertical component of the maximum speed with the subject running up an ordinary staircase. Mechanical energy is given in kg-m/kg sec. and it amounts to 1.6 for young fit subjects of 20-30 yr. of age; it decreases with age to about 0.8 at 70 yr. The efficiency of this exercise is about 0.25 and therefore the energy requirement amounts to about 50 kcal./kg hr. The test does not require a particular skill either from the operator or from the subject, the time required is very short the only apparatus needed is a watch sensitive to 0.01 sec. and the data obtained are very reproducible.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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