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Anaerobic power and capacity are considered determinants of performance and are usually assessed in athletes as a part of their physical capacities’ evaluation along the season. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity a new field test for the assessment of the anaerobic capacity of elite wrestlers.

42 elite wrestlers of Khorasan Razavi participated in this study, voluntarily. In two stages with one-week rest interval, an upper-body Wingate anaerobic test and a specifically designed test were measured. Before, immediately, five and ten minutes, variations of the heart rate and blood lactate were measured. In the designed test, a battle rope was used, each participant performed alternating arm waves with a Japanese guard for 30 seconds as maximum as possible.To analyze of data Pearson correlation coefficient, inter-class correlation coefficient , Bland-Altman agreement and linear regression were used.

There was a significant relationship between the anaerobic capacity of the 30-second upper-body Wingate test and the specifically designed test. Also, a significant relationship was observed between absolute (r=0.66; P=0.001) and relative peak (r=0.52; P=0.007), absolute mean power (r=0.44; P=0.02) and absolute minimum power (r=0.41; P=0.03) in two methods. The variations in HR and BLa were statistically significant at minute 5 (r=0.52; P=0.007) and 10 (r=0.65; P=0.001), respectively. The linear regression model was able to predict the anaerobic capacity using the specifically designed test. The inter-class agreement coefficient was poor (P=0.463), but my Bland-Altman diagram showed that there was a good agreement between the mean and the difference in anaerobic capacity in both methods.

Using available alternative methods with high external validity to assess upper anaerobic capacity is a more appropriate method than laboratory tests. The specifically designed test seems to able the prediction of the upper body anaerobic capacity in elite wrestlers.