A CLOSER LOOK 20.1
Reliability of Physiological Performance Tests
for a physiological resr of hul per athletes are highly motivated to humans perform ormance to be useful, the test must form and they are better able to p e reliable That is, the test results themselves tn a reproducible marin puts during th ust be reproducible. Several factors during a performance test That is, Exer lluence the reliability of physiologi high caliber athletes may have pattern and intensi e performance tests. These include ter feel for pace, and their percep actual sporting evert caliber of athletes tested, the type tions of faugue are less vamable than able than rest that do ergometer instrument for those of less experienced athletes event 88, 30 For cumpe work output used during the t is clear that some ergometers racing cyclists and the specificity of the test than others in at exercise iutenso close in the Physiological tests or performance providing a constant resstance For intensity of competri should be more reliable when highly trained instance, an ergometer that maintains more reliable performati e ter tun experienced athletes are tested its calibrarion and delivers a constant testing these athletes on other pypes The explanation for this ob power output during a test would ofergotracters such a tre ation appears to be that these result in a more reproducible test of