FOOTBOARD AND SEAT KINETIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH STROKE RATE ON A KAYAK ERGOMETER

Authors

Kayla Bugeya Miller, Dalhousie UniversityFollow
Joshua A. Goreham, Dalhousie UniversityFollow
Ryan J. Frayne, Dalhousie UniversityFollow
Michel Ladouceur, Dalhousie UniversityFollow

Category

Water Sports

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if stroke rate effects anteroposterior, lateral, and vertical forces on the kayak’s footboard and seat. Participants (n=10), with a year or more of competitive kayaking experience, completed four 30-second trials on a kayak ergometer at different stroke rates (60 strokes per minute (spm), 80 spm, 100 spm, and maximum spm). Mean force, impulse, and impulse*stroke rate were identified for the footboards, and seat, separately within each trial (ten single strokes). Interestingly, both anteroposterior and lateral axes kinetic adaptations to stroke rate occurred on the left footboard whereas the right footboard presented only lateral adaptations.

Recommended Citation

Bugeya Miller, Kayla; Goreham, Joshua A.; Frayne, Ryan J.; and Ladouceur, Michel (2021) "FOOTBOARD AND SEAT KINETIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH STROKE RATE ON A KAYAK ERGOMETER," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 39: Iss. 1, Article 99.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol39/iss1/99