Reduced postexercise recovery oxygen consumptions: an adaptive response in chronic energy deficiency?
Maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) and oxygen consumption during recovery were measured in well-nourished control subjects (C) and compared with results from chronically energy-deficient (CED) subjects in the same age range. The absolute VO2max was lower in undernourished subjects (2.5 +/- 0.1 L/min [C] v 1.8 +/- 0.1 L/min [CED]; mean +/- SEM, P < .001); however, when expressed per kilogram fat-free mass (FFM), the values were comparable. The total O2 debt was higher in the well-nourished group even when corrected for FFM differences (249.1 +/- 17.1 v 147.3 +/- 9.2 mL/kg FFM; P < .001). O2 consumption in the recovery period returned to baseline values rapidly and in a single phase in undernourished subjects. In contrast, a slow biphasic decline was observed in well-nourished control subjects. The postexercise recovery phase may be an important period during which energy-saving may occur in chronically undernourished human subjects.
Department of Physiology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
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Kulkarni
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Kurpad
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Shetty
D000328:Adult; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001823:Body Composition; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D005082:Physical Exertion