Energetics of Table Tennis and Table Tennis-Specific Exercise Testing.
PURPOSE
To test the hypotheses that the metabolic profile of table tennis is dominantly aerobic, anaerobic energy is related to the accumulated duration and intensity of rallies, and activity and metabolic profile are interrelated with the individual fitness profile determined via table tennis-specific tests.


METHODS
Eleven male experienced table tennis players (22 ± 3 y, 77.6 ± 18.9 kg, 177.1 ± 8.1 cm) underwent 2 simulated table tennis matches to analyze aerobic (WOXID) energy, anaerobic glycolytic (WBLC) energy, and phosphocreatine breakdown (WPCr); a table tennis-specific graded exercise test to measure ventilatory threshold and peak oxygen uptake; and an exhaustive supramaximal table tennis effort to determine maximal accumulated deficit of oxygen.


RESULTS
WOXID, WBLC, and WPCr corresponded to 96.5% ± 1.7%, 1.0% ± 0.7%, and 2.5% ± 1.4%, respectively. WOXID was interrelated with rally duration (r = .81) and number of shots per rally (r = .77), whereas match intensity was correlated with WPCr (r = .62) and maximal accumulated oxygen deficit (r = .58).


CONCLUSIONS
The metabolic profile of table tennis is predominantly aerobic and interrelated with the individual fitness profile determined via table tennis-specific tests. Table tennis-specific ventilatory threshold determines the average oxygen uptake and overall WOXID, whereas table tennis-specific maximal accumulated oxygen deficit indicates the ability to use and sustain slightly higher blood lactate concentration and WBLC during the match.
['Zagatto|Alessandro Moura|AM|', 'Leite|Jorge Vieira de Mello|JV|', 'Papoti|Marcelo|M|', 'Beneke|Ralph|R|']
D000328:Adult D015308:Anaerobic Threshold D015415:Biomarkers D000072599:Cardiorespiratory Fitness D004734:Energy Metabolism D005080:Exercise Test D006801:Humans D019344:Lactic Acid D008297:Male D009119:Muscle Contraction D018763:Muscle Fatigue D018482:Muscle, Skeletal D010101:Oxygen Consumption D010725:Phosphocreatine D010807:Physical Endurance D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation D013715:Tennis D013997:Time Factors D055815:Young Adult
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