Validity of the Pediatric Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test to Determine Anaerobic Performance in Healthy Children

Bart C. Bongers; Maarten S. Werkman; Donna Blokland; Maria J. C. Eijsermans; Patrick van der Torre; Bart Bartels; Olaf Verschuren; Tim Takken

doi:10.1123/pes.2014-0078

Validity of the Pediatric Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test to Determine Anaerobic Performance in Healthy Children

Bart C. Bongers^*, Maarten S. Werkman, Donna Blokland, Maria J. C. Eijsermans, Patrick van der Torre, Bart Bartels, Olaf Verschuren, Tim Takken

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Purpose: To determine criterion validity of the pediatric running-based anaerobic sprint test (RAST) as a nonsophisticated field test for evaluating anaerobic performance in healthy children and adolescents. Methods: Data from 65. healthy children (28 boys and 37 girls between 6 and 18 years of age, mean +/- SD age: 10.0 +/- 2.8 years) who completed both the pediatric RAST and the 30-s Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT) on a cycle ergometer in a randomized order were analyzed. Peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) were the primary outcome measures for both tests. Results: There were no significant sex-differences in PP and MP attained at the pediatric RAST and the WAnT. Age was strongly correlated to pediatric RAST and WAnT performance (Spearman's rho values ranging from 0.85 to 0.90, with p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	268-276
Number of pages	9
Journal	Pediatric exercise science
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2014-0078
Publication status	Published - May 2015

Keywords

exercise testing
physical fitness
anaerobic power
rehabilitation
child
MUSCLE POWER
GROWTH
ADOLESCENCE
VALUES
YOUTH
LEVEL

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Validity of the Pediatric Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test to Determine Anaerobic Performance in Healthy Children

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