Presentation Type
Poster
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Justin Guilkey , Physics and Engineering Science
Major
Exercise and Sport Science
Presentation Abstract
The study is characterizing cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength in women's collegiate lacrosse players. It will examine maximal heart rate, maximal oxygen consumption and hamstring and quadriceps muscle strength and compare between positions. There are multiple athletes that each play a different position which will affect their cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength. For maximal heart rate and oxygen consumption, a cycle ergometer will increase in work rate until the point of fatigue. A Cosmed Quark metabolic cart will measure oxygen consumption and heart rate. The muscular strength test measures the athlete's quadriceps and hamstring ratio at two different isokinetic speeds. It is expected that positions require the athlete to be up and down the field the whole game will have greater aerobic fitness, while positions like the goalie will have lower aerobic fitness. Positions of power, like goalie, are going to have stronger hamstrings and quadriceps.
Location
Virtual Poster Session 2
Start Date
22-4-2021 4:30 PM
End Date
22-4-2021 6:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Kaczvinsky, Kaylee, "Women's Collegiate Lacrosse team Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Muscular Strength" (2021). Undergraduate Research Competition. 80.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2021/fullconference/80
Women's Collegiate Lacrosse team Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Muscular Strength
Virtual Poster Session 2
The study is characterizing cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength in women's collegiate lacrosse players. It will examine maximal heart rate, maximal oxygen consumption and hamstring and quadriceps muscle strength and compare between positions. There are multiple athletes that each play a different position which will affect their cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength. For maximal heart rate and oxygen consumption, a cycle ergometer will increase in work rate until the point of fatigue. A Cosmed Quark metabolic cart will measure oxygen consumption and heart rate. The muscular strength test measures the athlete's quadriceps and hamstring ratio at two different isokinetic speeds. It is expected that positions require the athlete to be up and down the field the whole game will have greater aerobic fitness, while positions like the goalie will have lower aerobic fitness. Positions of power, like goalie, are going to have stronger hamstrings and quadriceps.