Correlation between anaerobic power and muscle oxygenation during Wingate testing
摘要
This study investigated the correlation between anaerobic power parameters [peak power (PP), average power (AP), fatigue index (FI), and muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2)] during a 30-s Wingate anaerobic test (WANT) in 32 healthy male college students. Muscle oxygenation was monitored via near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) on the right quadriceps. Results revealed a significant positive correlation between resting SmO2 and both PP (r = 0.762, p < 0.001) and AP (r = 0.717, p = 0.001), indicating that higher baseline oxygenation predicts greater anaerobic power output. During exercise, SmO2 declined gradually from 61.63 to 54.75% (0–10 s, phosphocreatine-dominant phase) followed by a sharp decrease to 9.78% (10–30 s, glycolytic-dominant phase). Strong negative correlations emerged between SmO2 and FI from 15 to 30 s (r = − 0.952 to − 0.972, p < 0.01), linking oxygen depletion to fatigue accumulation. These findings suggest that resting SmO2 may serve as a predictor of anaerobic capacity, while real-time SmO2 dynamics (particularly the 10 s inflection point) could optimize training strategies, though further validation in diverse populations is warranted.