Validity of a Wheelchair Rugby Field Test to Simulate Physiological and Thermoregulatory Match Outcomes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Game-Assessment
2.4. Field Test Assessment
2.5. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Performance Parameters
4.2. Physiological Parameters
4.3. Thermal and Thermoregulatory Responses
4.4. Limitations
4.5. Practical Applications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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ID | Age [Years] | Body Mass [kg] | Lesion Level | AIS | Classification |
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1 | 36.2 | 91.9 | C6 | A | 0.5 |
2 | 49.0 | 78.0 | C5 | A | 0.5 |
3 | 37.9 | 92.6 | C5 | C | 1.5 |
4 | 28.7 | 63.7 | C5 | C | 0.5 |
5 | 42.6 | 67.0 | C6 | B | 1.5 |
6 | 45.4 | 64.6 | C7 | A | 2 |
7 | 42.2 | 77.3 | C6 | D | 2 |
8 | 37.3 | 89.8 | C8 | D | 3 |
9 | 25.3 | 73.6 | C7 | D | 2.5 |
10 | 32.2 | 68.0 | C7 | D | 2 |
Median, IQR | 37.6, 6.3 | 75.5, 23.9 | - | - |
Test 1 | Test 2 | Test Combined | Game 1 | Game 2 | Games Combined | Correlation between Tests and Games | ||||||||
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Measured Parameter | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | r | p-Value |
Total distance [m] | 2048 | - | 2048 | - | 2048 | - | 2693 | 2331 | 2283 | 1874 | 2348 | 2186 | - | - |
rel. distance [m/min] | 64 | - | 64 | - | 64 | - | 60.4 | 3.1 | 52.0 | 2.9 | 58.2 | 8.2 | - | - |
Vmean [m/s] | 1.08 | - | 1.08 | - | 1.08 | - | 1.01 | 0.06 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 1.03 | 1.75 | - | - |
Number of sprints | 64 | - | 64 | - | 64 | - | 26 | 33 | 17 | 28 | 20 | 35 | - | - |
rel. sprint [sprint/min] | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - |
Test 1 | Test 2 | Tests Combined | Game 1 | Game 2 | Games Combined | Correlation between Tests and Games | Game vs. Field Test | ||||||||
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Measured Parameter | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | MED | IQR | r | p-Value | p-Value |
Playing time [min] | 32 | - | 32 | - | 32 | - | 42.3 | 30.0 | 36.7 | 20.6 | 39.5 | 28.7 | - | - | - |
HRmean [bpm] | 98.4 | 16.9 | 103.24 | 13.30 | 103 | 14 | 118 | 22 | 118 | 22 | 104 | 28 | 0.328 | 0.197 | 0.459 |
HRmax [bpm] | 106 | 19 | 110 | 22 | 110 | 14 | 121 | 32 | 140 | 32 | 129 | 32 | 0.416 | 0.097 | 0.080 |
RPE [Borg] | 15 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0.100 | 0.400 | 0.286 |
ThS | 2 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.353 | 0.408 | 0.372 |
Tcmean [°C] | 37.3 | 0.3 | 37.4 | 0.4 | 37.4 | 0.4 | 37.9 | 0.6 | 37.9 | 0.54 | 37.9 | 0.6 | 0.232 | 0.367 | 0.005 † |
Tcmax [°C] | 37.7 | 0.2 | 37.9 | 0.3 | 37.8 | 0.3 | 38.25 | 1.1 | 38.3 | 0.5 | 38.3 | 1.0 | 0.256 | 0.320 | 0.011 † |
TcDelta [°C] | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 0.35 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.611 | 0.009 * | 0.831 |
Sweat rate [L/h] | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.4 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.740 | <0.001 * | 0.015 † |
Fluid consume [L] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.123 | 0.636 | <0.001 † |
Weight loss [kg] | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.732 | <0.001 * | <0.001 † |
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Grossmann, F.; Flueck, J.L.; Roelands, B.; Meeusen, R.; Perret, C. Validity of a Wheelchair Rugby Field Test to Simulate Physiological and Thermoregulatory Match Outcomes. Sports 2022, 10, 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10100144
Grossmann F, Flueck JL, Roelands B, Meeusen R, Perret C. Validity of a Wheelchair Rugby Field Test to Simulate Physiological and Thermoregulatory Match Outcomes. Sports. 2022; 10(10):144. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10100144
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrossmann, Fabian, Joelle Leonie Flueck, Bart Roelands, Romain Meeusen, and Claudio Perret. 2022. "Validity of a Wheelchair Rugby Field Test to Simulate Physiological and Thermoregulatory Match Outcomes" Sports 10, no. 10: 144. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10100144