title: Recovery of the torque-velocity relationship after short exhausting cycling exercise.
abstract: The effects of fatigue upon the torque-velocity (T-omega) relationship in cycling were studied in 11 subjects. Fatigue was induced by short exhausting exercise, on a cycle ergometer, consisting of 4 all-out sprints without recovery. The linear (T-omega) relationship was determined during each all-out sprint, before, during and after the exhausting exercise. The kinetics of the T-omega relationship had permitted the study of the recovery of optimal torque, optimal velocity and their corresponding maximal power outputs (Pmax), 30 s or 1 min after the short exhausting exercise. Fatigue induced a parallel shift to the left of the T-omega relationship which was partly reversed by a parallel shift to the right during recovery. After 30 s recovery optimal velocity, optimal torque and Pmax were slightly lower than the corresponding values before the exhausting exercise; after 1-min optimal velocity and optimal torque had recovered 99% and 97% of their initial values. These mechanical data suggested that the causes of exhaustion were processes that allowed fast recovery of both optimal velocity and optimal torque.
authors.affiliation: Faculté du Sport et de l'ducation Physique, Université d'Orléans, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Buttelli
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vandewalle
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jouanin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D019415:Torque