
The purpose of this study is to examine and verify the effectiveness of the materials through physiological comparison. Blood lactate concentrations and energy metabolic variables were measured from the targeted snowboarders. Five slope-style snowboarders participated in the experiment. Each subject performed three runs with each "B", "S" and "Y" deck. Blood samples were collected twice from the finger-tip at rest and immediately after each run. Portable wireless gas analyzer and Polar heart rate monitor was used in order to analyze the energy metabolic variables i.e. heart rate (HR), oxygen uptake (VO2), metabolic equivalent (MET) and total energy consumption (TEE), at rest as well as during the run. The result obtained showed increased blood lactate concentration as well as higher oxygen uptake (VO2) at the point of Lactate Threshold (LT) when performing runs by installing "B" and "Y" decks than "S".
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