The validation of a paddle power meter for slalom kayaking

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume1
dc.contributor.authorMacdermid PW
dc.contributor.authorFink
dc.coverage.spatialUnited States
dc.date.available2017-02
dc.date.available2016-12-18
dc.date.issued2017-03-15
dc.description.abstractThe ability to quantify power within the sport of slalom kayaking would provide coaches and athletes objective data to monitor performance. This study determined the validity of a kayak paddle power meter and subsequent relationship between work rate and stroke kinetics. One participant completed multiple trials of a flat-water, straight-line sprint and a sequence of slalom gates at numerous intensities to attain the velocity:power relationship. Laboratory results identified the kayak paddles' strain gauges were valid and reliable, and field tests presented a cubic relationship for power as a function of velocity in the straight-line sprint (R 2 =0.982) and the slalom-specific test (R 2 =0.993). Further analysis of stroke kinetics identified velocity of hand movement at individual peak force capability to be critical in the highest work rates achieved for both slalom and flat-water sprinting. It was concluded that the kayak paddle power meter tested is a valid means of recording work rate and stroke kinetics during kayaking in the field.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished online
dc.format.extentE50 - E57
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30539086
dc.identifiersmio09-2016-0011
dc.identifier.citationSports Med Int Open, 2017, 1 (2), pp. E50 - E57
dc.identifier.doi10.1055/s-0043-100380
dc.identifier.eissn2367-1890
dc.identifier.elements-id349471
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherGeorg Thierne Verlag KG Stuttgart
dc.relation.isPartOfSports Med Int Open
dc.rights© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.titleThe validation of a paddle power meter for slalom kayaking
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.notesNot known
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Health
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Health/School of Sport and Exercise
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