title: Comparison of muscle near-infrared spectroscopy and femoral blood gases during steady-state exercise in humans.
abstract: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive way of measuring muscular oxygenation. We evaluated the relationship between NIRS signal [infrared muscle oxygen saturation (IR-SO2mus)] and the femoral venous oxygen saturation (SfvO2) during cycling exercise. Six healthy subjects performed a 30-min steady-state exercise at 80% maximal oxygen uptake in normoxia and hypoxia (inspired O2 fraction = 0.105). IR-So2mus was recorded continuously throughout the tests with the NIRS probe located on the vastus lateralis. During exercise, blood samples were withdrawn every 5 min from radial artery and femoral vein catheters. In normoxia, IR-So2mus initiated a transient nonsignificant decrease at 5 min, then returned to preexercise level, whereas SfvO2 showed a fast decrease, reaching 18% saturation at 10 min without further change. By contrast, in hypoxia, IR-SO2mus and SfvO2 demonstrated a parallel decrease then stabilized at 10 min. We conclude that IR-SO2mus appears to parallel SfvO2 when both the arterial and venous oxygen contents decrease during steady-state exercise in hypoxia, whereas IR-SO2mus does not follow SfvO2 change in normoxia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie-Groupement d'Intérêt Public Exercice, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Costes
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Féasson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Busso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geyssant
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D010100:Oxygen