Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2006
Specific incremental field test for aerobic fitness in tennis.
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- Assessment Methods of Physical Fitness in Wheelchair Tennis Athletes: A Scoping Review and Proposal for a Standard Operating Procedure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Accuracy of an Ultra-Wideband-Based Tracking System for Time-Motion Analysis in Tennis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Notational Analysis and Physiological and Metabolic Responses of Male Junior Badminton Match Play.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effects of a Six-Week International Tour on the Physical Performance and Body Composition of Young Chilean Tennis Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Physiological demands in simulated tennis matches and hitting tests take account of the translational and rotational kinetic energy ratio of the ball.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Comparison of the Field-Based Intermittent Running Fitness Test 30-15 and the Treadmill Multistage Incremental Test for the Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Elite Handball Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Anthropometric Characterization and Physical Performance by Age and Biological Maturation in Young Tennis Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Maximal and Submaximal Cardiorespiratory Responses to a Novel Graded Karate Test.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Article
- The acute effect of match-play on hip range of motion and isometric strength in elite tennis players.PeerJ · 2019Article
- Effects of Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia on Tennis-Specific Performance in Well-Trained Players.Sports medicine international open · 2018Article
- Physiological responses and match characteristics in professional tennis players during a one-hour simulated tennis match.Journal of human kinetics · 2016Article
- Accuracy and Reliability of a New Tennis Ball Machine.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2016Article
- On the Use of a Test to Exhaustion Specific to Tennis (TEST) with Ball Hitting by Elite Players.PloS one · 2016Article
- Playing vs. nonplaying aerobic training in tennis: physiological and performance outcomes.PloS one · 2015Article
- Implementation of Motor Imagery during Specific Aerobic Training Session in Young Tennis Players.PloS one · 2015Article
- Tennis Play Intensity Distribution and Relation with Aerobic Fitness in Competitive Players.PloS one · 2015Article
- Physical and physiological profiles of taekwondo athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Review
- Maximal lactate steady state in Judo.Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal · 2014Article
- Fitness testing of tennis players: how valuable is it?British journal of sports medicine · 2014Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses between subjects undergoing incremental treadmill (non-specific) and tennis field based (sport specific) tests.
methodsNine junior competitive tennis players randomly performed two incremental protocols to exhaustion: a treadmill test (TT) and a tennis specific fitness test (FT). The FT consisted of repeated displacements replicating the game of tennis at increasing speed on a court. In both tests, ventilatory variables and heart rate (HR) were determined at the ventilatory threshold (VT), respiratory compensation point (RCP), and maximal loads (max). Blood lactate concentration was determined at the point of volitional fatigue.
resultsPercentage (mean (SD)) maximal HR (83.6 (5.1) v 83.0 (2.8) and 92.1 (2.1) v 92.3 (2.1)%, respectively) and percentage maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) (69.4 (8.1) v 73.5 (6.1) and 84.4 (6.5) v 85.5 (8.7)%, respectively) at the VT and RCP were not different between the FT and TT subjects, whereas VO2max was higher in the FT than in the TT (63.8 (3.0) v 58.9 (5.3) ml/min/kg; p<0.05). Blood lactate concentration (10.7 (3.0) v 10.6 (4.3) mmol/l) did not differ between the TT and FT.
conclusionsAlthough cardiorespiratory variables were not different at submaximal intensities between the two tests, VO2max values derived from laboratory measurements were underestimated. Using field testing in addition to treadmill testing provides a better measurement of a player's individual fitness level and may be routinely used to accurately prescribe appropriate aerobic exercise training.
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