|
Author
|
Subjects
(male)
|
Ergometer
VO2
(L·min-1) *
|
Kayak paddling
VO2 (L·min-1)
†
|
|
Leg
|
Arm
|
(Legs+arms)
|
Kayak
|
500m
|
1000m
|
Tesh et al.
(1976) |
6 elite kayakers
|
5.41
|
|
|
4.61
|
4.2
|
4.71
|
Pendergast et al.
(1979) |
8 unskilled kayakers
|
3.1
|
2.9
|
3.9
|
3.5
|
|
|
Tesch
(1983) |
6 elite kayakers
|
5.36
|
4.3
|
|
|
|
4.67
|
Hahn et al.
(1988) |
5 elite kayakers
|
|
|
5.17
|
4.62
|
|
|
Pendergast et al.
(1989) |
17 kayakers
(range of skill level)
|
4.61
|
2.82
|
3.81
|
|
|
|
Fry and Morton
(1991) |
38 well trained kayakers
|
|
|
|
4.78
|
|
|
Billat et al.
(1996) |
9 elite kayakers
|
|
|
|
4.01
|
|
|
van Someren et al.
(1999) |
9 well trained kayakers
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.27
|
Bishop et al.
(2002) |
8 experienced kayak paddlers
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
* denotes that the ergometer
exercise tests were carried out to exhaustion, representing the max
VO2.
†
denotes that the kayak paddling tests were maximal efforts for that
distance, not maximal exercise tests.
|