Mario Castellanos Salamanca

Mr. Mario Castellanos Salamanca

Universidad Europea de Madrid. Faculty of Sport Sciences

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 March 2021 in Sensors
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APAlmudena Montalvo Pérez
Almudena Montalvo Pérez
LALidia B. Alejo
Lidia B. Alejo
Pedro L. ValenzuelaPedro L. Valenzuela
Pedro L. Valenzuela
MSMario Castellanos Salamanca
Mario Castellanos Salamanca
JGJaime Gil-Cabrera
Jaime Gil-Cabrera
DBDavid Barranco-Gil
David Barranco-Gil
Cycling power meters enable monitoring external loads and performance changes. We aimed to determine the concurrent validity of the novel Favero Assioma Duo (FAD) pedal power meter compared with the crank-based SRM system (considered as gold standard). Thirty-three well-trained male cyclists were assessed at different power output (PO) levels (100–500 W and all-out 15-s sprints), pedaling cadences (75–100 rpm) and cycling positions (seating and standing) to compare the FAD device vs. SRM. No significant differences were found between devices for cadence nor for PO during all-out efforts (p > 0.05), although significant but small differences were found for efforts at lower PO values (p < 0.05 for 100–500 W, mean bias 3–8 W). A strong agreement was observed between both devices for mean cadence (ICC > 0.87) and PO values (ICC > 0.81) recorded in essentially all conditions and for peak cadence (ICC > 0.98) and peak PO (ICC > 0.99) during all-out efforts. The coefficient of variation for PO values was consistently lower than 3%. In conclusion, the FAD pedal-based power meter can be considered an overall valid system to record PO and cadence during cycling, although it might present a small bias compared with power meters placed on other locations such as SRM.