Assisted Detertermination of the Relation between the Ruffier and Margaria Kalamen Tests and the Human Running Test

Abstract:

The Aim of this Research is to Underline the Relation between the Performance Results in 800m Events Achieved in Competitions and the Ruffier and Margaria-Kalamen Tests Assessed before the Competitions.Research Methods and Techniques. the Paper is a Constatative Experimental Study, of the Longitudinal Type, Performed on 10 Women Athletes Practising the 800m Running Event. the Realisation of this Study Started from Checking Three Hypotheses (the Sportswomen’s Results Improve from One Competition Season to another as a Result of the Continuously Performed Training Process; the Adaptability to Effort, Assessed by the Ruffier Test, Improves as a Result of the Sportswomen’s Continuous Training; the Value of the Sports Performances is Influenced by the Level of the Results at the Ruffier and Margaria-Kalamen Tests). The Subjects Involved in this Study are between 16 to 17 Years of Age. The Research Methods Used were the Following: Bibliographic Study, Testing, Statistical-Mathematical Method, Analysis, and for the Interpretation of Results we Used: the Arithmetic Mean, the Maximum Value and the Standard Deviation. as Assessment Events, we Used the Results Obtained during the Competition Seasons of Two Consecutive Years, Namely 2011 and 2012, a Test for Assessing the Effort Capacity Represented by the Ruffier Test and a Test for Assessing the Power of the Inferior Limbs Represented by the Margaria-Kalamen Test. Results are Presented in a Table and Contain the Performance Values, the Effort Adaptability Values and Power Development Values. they Underline the Efficiency of the Training Process and the Relation between the Sports Performances and the Values of the Indices of the Ruffier and Margaria Kalaman Tests. The Drawn Conclusions Underline the Fact that the Results in the 2012 Indoor Season and the Values of the Indices of the Ruffier and Margaria-Kalaman Tests are Better than those of the 2011 Season, but also the Fact that there is an Inter-Conditioning Relation. the Progress Rate was Different from One Athlete to another.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 555)
• Pages: 640-645
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.555.640
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Bogdan Constantin Raţă*, Gloria Raţă, Marinela Raţă, Costel Sava
• Keywords: 800m, Margaria-Kalamen Test, Relations, Results, Ruffier Test

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