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Article

Allometric Modeling of Wingate Test among Adult Male Athletes from Combat Sports

by
Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva
1,2,*,
Paulo Sousa-e-Silva
1,2,
Vinícius S. Morato
2,
Daniela C. Costa
1,2,
Diogo V. Martinho
1,2,
Luís M. Rama
1,2,
João Valente-dos-Santos
1,3,
André O. Werneck
4,
Óscar M. Tavares
5,
Jorge Conde
5,
Joaquim M. Castanheira
5,
Rui Soles-Gonçalves
5 and
João P. Duarte
1,2
1
Faculty of Sports Science and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, CIDAF (uid/dtp/04213/2020), 3040-248 Coimbra, Portugal
2
Department of Physical Education, University of Coimbra, FCDEF, 3040-248 Coimbra, Portugal
3
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Lusofona University of Humanities and Technologies, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal
4
São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), Presidente Prudente 19060-900, Brazil
5
Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra Health School, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2020, 56(9), 480; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090480
Submission received: 2 August 2020 / Revised: 28 August 2020 / Accepted: 16 September 2020 / Published: 21 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Sports Medicine and Sports Traumatology)
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Abstract

Background and objectives: Athletes from combat sports are grouped into a series of weight categories that are intended to promote fair competition. Differences in performance are partly attributable to differences in body size. Consequently, ratio standards in which a performance variable is simply divided by an anthropometric characteristic such as body mass are often used, although this application is not recommended. This study aimed to obtain allometric models to interpret Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT) outputs among male adult athletes from combat sports. Materials and Methods: The sample was composed of 64 participants aged 18–39 years (24.2 ± 4.6 years). Stature and body mass (BM) were measured and air displacement plethysmography used to estimate fat mass and fat-free mass (FFM). Lower-limb lean soft tissue (LL-LST) was derived from dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. WAnT outputs were peak power (WAnT-PP) and mean power (WAnT-MP). Allometric models were obtained from simple and multiple linear regressions using log-transformed variables. Results: Models derived from a single three-dimension descriptor explained a large portion of variance: WAnT-PP (BM: 31.1%; FFM: 54%; LL-LST: 47.2%) and WAnT-MP (BM: 50.1%; FFM: 57.4%; LL-LST: 62.7%). Finally, the best proportional allometric models emerged from the combination of LL-LST and FFM (WAnT-PP: 55%; WAnT-MP: 65%). Conclusions: The relationship between weight categories and performance did not seem to be explained by the basic principles of geometric similarity.
Keywords: scaling; anaerobic fitness; air displacement plethysmography; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA); short-term maximal intensity scaling; anaerobic fitness; air displacement plethysmography; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA); short-term maximal intensity

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Coelho-e-Silva, M.J.; Sousa-e-Silva, P.; Morato, V.S.; Costa, D.C.; Martinho, D.V.; Rama, L.M.; Valente-dos-Santos, J.; Werneck, A.O.; Tavares, Ó.M.; Conde, J.; et al. Allometric Modeling of Wingate Test among Adult Male Athletes from Combat Sports. Medicina 2020, 56, 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090480

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Coelho-e-Silva MJ, Sousa-e-Silva P, Morato VS, Costa DC, Martinho DV, Rama LM, Valente-dos-Santos J, Werneck AO, Tavares ÓM, Conde J, et al. Allometric Modeling of Wingate Test among Adult Male Athletes from Combat Sports. Medicina. 2020; 56(9):480. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090480

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Coelho-e-Silva, Manuel J., Paulo Sousa-e-Silva, Vinícius S. Morato, Daniela C. Costa, Diogo V. Martinho, Luís M. Rama, João Valente-dos-Santos, André O. Werneck, Óscar M. Tavares, Jorge Conde, and et al. 2020. "Allometric Modeling of Wingate Test among Adult Male Athletes from Combat Sports" Medicina 56, no. 9: 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090480

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Coelho-e-Silva, M. J., Sousa-e-Silva, P., Morato, V. S., Costa, D. C., Martinho, D. V., Rama, L. M., Valente-dos-Santos, J., Werneck, A. O., Tavares, Ó. M., Conde, J., Castanheira, J. M., Soles-Gonçalves, R., & Duarte, J. P. (2020). Allometric Modeling of Wingate Test among Adult Male Athletes from Combat Sports. Medicina, 56(9), 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090480

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