Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2017 Oct;12(9):1127-1136. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2016-0574. Epub 2017 Jan 17.
The present article reviews effects of training at low imposed cadences in cycling. The authors performed a systematic literature search of MEDLINE and SPORTDiscus up to April 2016 to identify potentially relevant articles. Based on the titles and abstracts of the identified articles, a subset of articles was selected for evaluation. These articles constituted original-research articles on adaptation to training at different imposed cadences in cycling. Seven articles were selected for evaluation. With regard to the terminology in the present article, low cadences are those below the freely chosen cadence. The rate of 80 rpm can, eg, be considered a low cadence if effort is maximal. On the other hand, the cadence has to be lower than 80 rpm (eg, 40-70 rpm) to be considered low if cycling is performed at low power output. The reason is that the choice of cadence depends on power output. In conclusion, there is presently no strong evidence for a benefit of training at low cadences. It can tentatively be recommended to consider including training bouts of cycling at low cadence at moderate to maximal intensity. The reason for the restrained recommendation is that some of the selected studies indicate no clear performance-enhancing effect of training at low cadence or even indicate a superior effect from training at freely chosen cadence. Furthermore, the selected studies are considerably dissimilar with respect to, eg, participant characteristics and to the applied training regimens.
本文综述了低踏频骑行训练的效果。作者对 MEDLINE 和 SPORTDiscus 进行了系统的文献检索，以确定截至 2016 年 4 月可能相关的文章。根据确定的文章的标题和摘要，选择了一部分文章进行评估。这些文章是关于在不同踏频下进行骑行训练的适应性的原始研究文章。有 7 篇文章被选中进行评估。就本文的术语而言，低踏频是指低于自由选择的踏频。如果努力达到最大，则 80rpm 的速率可以被认为是低踏频。另一方面，如果以低功率输出进行骑行，则踏频必须低于 80rpm（例如 40-70rpm）才能被认为是低踏频。原因是踏频的选择取决于功率输出。总之，目前没有强有力的证据表明低踏频训练有益。可以暂时建议考虑包括以中等至最大强度进行低踏频骑行训练的训练回合。这种保守推荐的原因是，一些选定的研究表明，低踏频训练没有明显的提高表现效果，甚至表明自由选择踏频的训练效果更好。此外，所选研究在参与者特征和应用的训练方案等方面存在很大差异。
