Testing is the beginning of the implementation of a training program and it will provide direction and purpose to the planning of training. Aerobic and anaerobic power are the main factors of optimal performance in kayakers (Bishop D., 2000). One of the most important points in choosing tests for measurement of physiological characters in sport sciences`s studies is the principle of specificity. Upper body muscles are often involved in kayaking. It seems that it is more valid the using of tests that upper body muscles are more involved in them (Bishop et al., 1998). This study was conducted to evaluate physiological indices of Iranian elite female kayakers in two different tests on tredmill & arm ergometer. Methods: Twelve Iranian elite female kayakers (age: 16.5±2 yrs; height: 166.7±4.4cm; body mass: 57.89±7.3kg; %BF: 20.33±6 percent) participate in this study. VO2max, lactat threshold, lactat threshold VO2, VO2 pulse and ventilation measured by two incremental tests on treadmill and arm ergometr with gas analizing. Body percent and muscle mass evaluated by body composition analyzer. Antropometric characteres such as height; sitting height; arm span; arm, thigh and leg lengths; arm, thigh, sholder and pelvise breadths; and arm, thigh, chest, hip and leg girths are masured. Subject`s performance evaluated by 12 kilometer kayaking test (K12t). Results: VO2max values measured by the arm ergometer was lower than VO2max values measured by treadmill. There was significant correlation between VO2max values measured by two tests (r=0.68,p=0.015). Negetive correlation attained between both VO2max values with K12t time that was significant only with arm ergometer VO2max values.There were no significant correlation between body composition and anthropometric measurments with both K12t time and VO2max values in two tests. There was high correlation between VO2max, VO2 palse and VE values in two tests. Discussion: An important determinant in the measurement of VO2max is the quantity of the muscle mass stressed when performing the task or mode of exercise used to elicit maximal oxygen uptake (Midgley et al., 2007). VO2max values measured by specific test in kayakers( arm ergometer), had lower than non-specific (treadmill) test that is explainable by low used muscle mass in this test. Significant negative correlation between K12t and arm ergometer can refer to specific test of upper body like kayaking.
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