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Evaluation of anaerobic threshold in elite handball players on different playing positions using rating of perceived exertion.

Team handball (TH) is a physically demanding sport in which anaerobic threshold (AT) plays a significant role. Although the AT estimation tests are mainly performed in laboratory conditions, assessment of AT in TH is possible in the field, too, using only rating of perceived exertion (RPE). The aim of this paper is to determine possible differences in the determination of AT underpinned by the V-slope method and AT estimated with RPE at the treadmill progressive test in handball players (HP) on different playing positions. The sample included 17 elite HP, members of the Croatian Senior Handball Team. A sample of 12 variables was obtained using a treadmill spiroergometric test, and on the basis of RPE assessment by the respondents during the test. The absence of a statistically significant difference (P=0.59) in the variables running speed at the ventilation threshold (km/h) and running speed at RPE7 (km/h) between the HP, confirmed the hypothesis of this work-HP on different playing positions estimate their AT based on their RPE equally well.

handball, top players, functional test, endurance, playing positions, analysis

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