Newswise — Researchers from Michigan Technological University's Department of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education compared two methods that pro hockey teams use to evaluate the fitness capacity of potential National Hockey League draft picks: on-ice testing and tests using stationary bicycles.
They found that off-ice testing is not an adequate predictor of on-ice fitness.
The research, co-authored by John Durocher, then of Michigan Tech and now at St. Francis (Pa.) University; undergraduate student Angela Guisfredi; exercise science department chair Jason Carter; and Portage Sports Medicine Institute physician Darin Leetun, was published in January in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, a bimonthy journal. The researchers focused on using on-ice testing instead of the usual stationary bike regimen.
The project won an award in the University's 2010 Undergraduate Research Expo.
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