Zastosowanie termowizji w badaniach wydolności sportowców – badania pilotażowe

Celem badań była próba korelacji parametrów termicznych obliczonych na podstawie termogramów powierzchni ciała ludzkiego wykonanych w trakcie badań wydolnościowych sportowców, jak również mocy liczonej według wzoru Stefana – Boltzmanna z parametrami uzyskanymi z aparatury używanej w testach progresywnych. Otrzymane wyniki pokazały wysokie wartości korelacji poszczególnych parametrów, co może świadczyć o dużym potencjale możliwości zastosowania termowizji w sporcie jako metody wspomagającej planowanie treningów.

The aim of the studies was to determine and compare the temperature parameters as well as the organisms radiation power calculated with use of the Stefan-Boltzman law with the standard parameters calculated by apparatus normally used during efficiency tests. All the studies were made by a thermovision camera Flir Systems A40 (temperature sensitivity was 0,07K). The group of subjects was tested in the Sports Diagnostic Center, Diagnostics, in Wisła. The results of the studies showed almost full correlation between the mean radiation power loss of organism calculated with the Stefan-Boltzman law and the mean power set on the controller of ergometer. Moreover, other very important parameter called the coefficient of respiratory exchange was described by almost full correlation coefficient with the mean power loss from organism during training. Other temperature parameters were also highly correlated with the parameters obtained from the ergometer controller. It seems that thermovision may be a useful tool in sportsmen efficiency evaluation. Maybe, it could be possible to use this technique as a complementary or even as a substitution of some standard methods used in planning of training cycle. However, the conclusion must be drawn very carefully due to the small statistic group of volunteers.