Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2003
Correlation between heart rate and performance during Olympic windsurfing competition.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Competition and training load of high-level competitive non-motorised surface water sports athletes: a scoping review of athlete monitoring methodology.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Pooled it
- Physiological and Perceptual Internal Load During Kitesurfing Under Real-World Sea Conditions.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessment of Nutrition Status in Amateur Windsurfers during Regattas in the Competitive Period-A Field Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Effect of Environmental Conditions on the Physiological Response during a Stand-Up Paddle Surfing Session.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Biomechanical and physiological demands of kitesurfing and epidemiology of injury among kitesurfers.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Review
- Assessment of physiological demand in kitesurfing.European journal of applied physiology · 2009Article
- Electromyographic analysis on a windsurfing simulator.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2007Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the heart rate (HR) response to Olympic windsurfing competition and to check if there was any correlation between racing HR, performance, and the variables measured during laboratory maximal exercise. Ten elite windsurfers [age: 20.93 (3.46) years; height: 178.10 (6.34) cm; body mass: 66.79 (5.90) kg] performed a laboratory maximal oxygen consumption (.VO(2max)) trial and national windsurf competitions wearing a HR monitor. One hundred and forty-three individual races were examined. Racing HR was expressed as a percentage of (1) HR(max) (maximal treadmill HR) and (2) HR(reserve) (HR(max)-HR(rest)). The performance (racing classification: RC, which is inversely proportional to performance) was significantly correlated to the racing HR response in both light wind (LW): LW-RC=-0.12(%HR(reserve))+13.03; r=-0.71, r(2)=0.50, p<0.001, and medium wind (MW): MW-RC=-0.11(%HR(reserve))+10.99; r=-0.66, r(2)=0.43, p<0.001. The results showed similar correlations between performance and %HR(max). Post racing lactate concentration was higher in LW compared to MW [7.14 (0.21) and 5.18 (2.02) mmol.l(-1), respectively]. There was a negative correlation between the highest racing HR (%HR(reserve)) of each athlete and the second ventilatory threshold expressed as a percentage of .VO(2max) ( r=-0.71, p<0.05). To summarize, this study showed that light and medium wind Olympic windsurfing performances are highly dependent on the capacity of the athlete to maintain a high HR for long periods of time. Furthermore, windsurfing is highly dependent on the athlete's physical fitness level as shown by the correlations between racing HRs and laboratory physiological variables.
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