Abstract

Energy expenditure during sport activities has been determined traditionally by the Douglas Bag Method and the Motion Time Study. However, those two methods do not yield accurate values when used in long continuous and/or vigorous physical activities. This study, therefore, measured oxygen uptake by means of a portable device Oxylog, and determined the energy expenditure of many sport activities. The experiments were carried out with 13 untrained male subjects (UTS), and 30 trained male subjects (TS). The 30 trained men consisted of ten tennis players, ten badminton players and ten basketball players. UTS played one set of doubles (tennis), one set of singles (badminton), two sets of singles (table tennis), two games (bowling) and jogged 10 minutes. But TS played only their major sports: one set of doubles (tennis), one set of singles (badminton) and two 20-minute halves (basketball). The results were 0.172+-0.017 kcal/kg/min for jogging (UTS), 0.146+-0.028 kcal/kg/min for badminton (TS), 0.133+-0.021 kcal/kg/min for basketball (TS), 0130+-0.018 kcal/kg/min for badminton (UTS), 0.102+-0.016 kcal/kg/min for tennis (TS), 0.096+-0.014 kcal/kg/min for tennis (UTS), 0.089+-0.019 kcal/kg/min for table tennis (UTS), and 0.055+-0.009 kcal/kg/min for bowling (UTS). In comparison with UTS, TS exhibited higher values in tennis and badminton. This is considered to result from TSs better training. This result indicates that energy expenditure in playing sports activities depends on the level of players ability. Verf.-Referat (gekuerzt)