Validity of Carminatti's Test to Determine Physiological Indices of Aerobic Power and Capacity in Soccer and Futsal Players

• Autores: Naiandra Dittrich, Juliano Fernandes da Silva, Carlo Castagna, Ricardo Dantas de Lucas, Luiz Guilhermo Antonacci Guglielmo
• Localización: Journal of strength and conditioning research: the research journal of the NSCA, ISSN 1064-8011, Vol. 25, Nº. 11, 2011, págs. 3099-3106
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The aim of this study was to verify the validity of a new progressive distance and fixed time test (Carminatti's test [TCAR]) in estimating the main physiological indices of aerobic fitness in team-sport players. Thirty professional national level team-sport players (n = 12 futsal players and 18 soccer players) volunteered to participate in this study. The subjects performed the TCAR and a laboratory incremental treadmill test (ITT). The TCAR required subjects to complete repeated sets of 5 × 12-second shuttle-running bouts at progressive speed until volitional exhaustion. Each 12-second bout and series were separated by a 6- and 90-second recovery periods, respectively. The initial distance was set at 15 m and was progressively increased by 1 m each set. The ITT commenced at a velocity of 9.0 km·h-1 and was increased by 1.2 km·h-1 each 3 minutes until volitional exhaustion. Peak TCAR running velocity resulted not significantly (p > 0.05) different from speed at [latin capital V with dot above]O2max (v[latin capital V with dot above]O2max) during ITT. Peak TCAR running velocity was significantly correlated (p < 0.01) with v[latin capital V with dot above]O2max (r = 0.55) and [latin capital V with dot above]O2max (r = 0.51). No significant differences were found (p > 0.05) among the mean values of velocity and heart rate at the anaerobic threshold, estimated in the TCAR test and measured in the ITT. In light of this study results, the TCAR can be considered as a viable field test to estimate aerobic power and capacity in team-sports players. The limited devices and space required by TCAR warrant consideration for those strength and conditioning professionals who deal with team sports.