Table 3.

Methodological aspects and main results from studies that associated the slalom performance with physiological parameters or compared physiological data between athletes with distinct canoe slalom performances.

Study	Testing procedure	Physiological measurements	Specifications of the performance task	Overview of the main outcomes
Vieira et al. (2015)	Physiological measurements throughout and after two simulated races	HR during races and [Lac] after races	Two white-water simulated races comprising 11 gates (8 downstream and 3 upstream)	First simulated race# (a) Race time and [Lac] peak: r = −0.46; p = 0.349; (b) Race time and maximum HR: r = −0.66; p = 0.338; (c) Race time and mean HR: r = −0.69; p = 0.301; (d) Race time and minimum HR: r = −0.37; p = 0.625; Second simulated race# (a) Race time and [Lac] peak: r = −0.02; p = 0.967; (b) Race time and maximum HR: r = −0.53; p = 0.269; (c) Race time and mean HR: r = −0.73; p = 0.096; (d) Race time and minimum HR: r = −0.62; p = 0.183.
Ferrari et al. (2017)	CF test and MLSS protocol on tethered ergometer	CF from linear and hyperbolic models and MLSS intensity	Simulated race in a white-water course with 24 gates (18 downstream 6 upstream)	(a) Race time and MLSS intensity: r = −0.67; p = 0.016; (b) Race time and CF linear: r = −0.41; p = 0.180; (c) Race time and CF hyperbolic: r = −0.48; p = 0.106.
Bielik et al. (2019)	Incremental running and paddling test	VO2max	Results from Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016 Olympics	(a) Raw difference of 0.7 ml·kg−1·min−1 between the VO2max on paddling of non-medalists (47.1 ± 7.3 ml·kg−1·min−1) and Slovakian medalists (47.8 ml·kg−1·min−1) at Beijing 2008; (b) Raw difference of 4.4 ml·kg−1·min−1 between the VO2max on paddling of non-medalists (47.6 ± 6.6 ml·kg−1·min−1) and Slovakian medalists (43.2 ± 3.1 ml·kg−1·min−1) at Rio 2016; (c) Raw difference of 8.3 ml·kg−1·min−1 between VO2max on running of non-medalists (60.6 ± 7.1 ml·kg−1·min−1) and Slovakian medalists (52.3 ± 1.7 ml·kg−1·min−1) at London 2012; (d) Raw difference of 8.1 ml·kg−1·min−1 between VO2max on running of non-medalists (60.4 ± 6.2 ml·kg−1·min−1) and Slovakian medalists (52.3 ± 6.8 ml·kg−1·min−1) at Rio 2016.
Bielik et al. (2020)	Incremental running test	VO2max	Results from 2018 and 2019 Junior/U23 European and World championships	Similar VO2max between medalists and non-medalists (p = 0.609)

^#Results not presented in the published study but informed by authors.

HR, heart rate; [Lac], blood lactate concentration; CF, critical force; MLSS, maximal lactate steady state; VO_2max, maximum oxygen uptake.