Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine if palm cooling had a positive effect on repeated bouts of Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT). METHODS: Nineteen college students (18 – 23 years of age) attended a randomized crossover designed trail to perform three bouts WAnT (lower body) test which consisted of 30s bouts. During the control (CON) trial sessions, the resistance was dropped to 7.5% of body mass (kg) at the start of the 30 second(s) all-out sprint, followed by 3 min cycling at 20W. During the cooling intervention (PC) session, a palm cooling (Apex Cooling) device was used between bouts. Participants were instructed to hold the palm cooling device for 2 minutes before beginning the first bout and for 3 minutes during the active recovery period between bouts two and three. All WAnT bouts were completed on a calibrated Velotron ® cycle ergometer. RESULTS: Three dependent variables were measured: peak power, anaerobic capacity, and fatigue. A repeated measures (ANOVA) was conducted to examine peak power as well as anaerobic capacity. The fatigue index was used to gather data for fatigue. Results for peak power indicated no effect of condition F(1,18) = 0.28, (p= 0.606), ηp²= 0.015. The main effect of trial approached but did not reach significance, F(2,17) = 3.54, (p= 0.052), ηp² = 0.294, A significant condition x trial interaction was observed, F(2,17) =6.62, (p= 0.007), ηp²=0.438. There was no significant main effect of condition on anaerobic capacity, F(1,18) = 0.04, (p= 0.851, ηp² =0.002). There was a significant main effect of trial, F(2,17) = 6.14, (p= 0.010), ηp² = 0.419, indicated changes across Wingate bouts. The condition x trial interaction showed no significance, F(2,17) = 1.69, (p= 0.214), ηp²= 0.166. Fatigue index results indicated no significant main effect of condition, F(1,18) =0.20, (p=0.659), ηp² =0.011. The main effect of trial was also not significant F(2,17) = 0.34, (p= 0.720), ηp² = 0.038. The condition x trial interaction showed no significance, F(2,17) = 1.59, (p= 0.236), ηp²= 0.156. CONCLUSION: Although the Wingate bouts differed between the no-cooling and palm cooling conditions, the condition x trial interaction indicated that there were no significant changes in peak power, anaerobic capacity or fatigue across the repeated Wingate bouts. Palm cooling may have no effect on repeated bouts of anaerobic cycling performance.
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Banks, Bronwyn R.
(2026)
"Effects of Palm Cooling on Anaerobic Cycling Performance,"
International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings: Vol. 2:
Iss.
18, Article 157.
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