成人和儿童的步伐频率和次最大跑步机运行经济性
Viswanath B Unnithan1, Roger G Eston2
1University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA.
Pediatric exercise science
|August 17, 2024
概括
与成年人相比,儿童在跑步时的氧气成本较高,部分原因是步伐频率增加. 这项研究发现,虽然孩子们.
科学领域:
- 运动生理学 运动生理学
- 儿科 体育科学 儿童体育科学
- 生物力学 生物力学
背景情况:
- 与成年人相比,儿童在亚最大跑步机运行期间表现出较高的相对氧气成本.
- 儿童的步伐频率增加被假设为导致这种运行经济观察到的差异的一个因素.
研究的目的:
- 调查前青春期男孩和年轻男子的步伐频率和氧气需求特征之间的关联.
- 为了确定儿童更高的步伐频率是否有助于他们在跑步时增加氧气成本.
主要方法:
- 在10名有氧适应的青春期前男孩 (9-10岁) 和10名适应的年轻男子 (18-25岁) 之间的氧气需求和步伐特征的比较.
- 在电子驱动的跑步机上以固定的最大以下速度进行的跑步.
- 分析两个年龄组之间每步相对氧气需求.
主要成果:
- 与年轻男性相比,男孩在所有跑步速度上都表现出更高的氧气需求.
- 男孩表现出更高的步伐频率,以弥补所有速度的更短步伐长度.
- 对于男孩和年轻男性来说,每步相对氧气需求是相似的.
结论:
- 在男孩在跑步时观察到的更大的氧气需求可能部分归因于维持类似速度所需的更高的步伐频率.
- 步伐频率是影响前青春期儿童跑步经济的一个重要因素.
- 对儿科生物力学和运行经济的进一步研究是有必要的.
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