title: Accumulated oxygen deficit during ramp exercise.
abstract: This study aimed to compare oxygen deficit during exhaustive ramp exercise (OD ramp and OD lag) with maximal oxygen deficit during a high-intensity constant-power test (MAOD). OD ramp was estimated from the difference between oxygen demand and actual oxygen uptake. OD lag was estimated using a simple equation assuming a linear increase in oxygen uptake lagging behind metabolic requirement. After a first test providing estimation of P peak, 12 healthy males did two 15 W.min(-1) and two 30 W.min(-1) ramp tests to evaluate in duplicate OD ramp and OD lag and an exhaustive exercise at 105% of P peak to evaluate MAOD. OD ramp from the 15 W.min(-1) tests (1.50 +/- 1.83 and 2.60 +/- 2.12 l) and from the 30 W.min(-1) tests (2.41 +/- 1.00 and 2.72 +/- 1.23 l) did not differ from MAOD (2.33 +/- 0.50 l). Contrary to OD lag estimated from the 15 W.min(-1) tests (2.27 +/- 0.30 and 2.31 +/- 0.31 l), OD lag from the 30 W.min(-1) tests (2.51 +/- 0.34 and 2.52 +/- 0.36 l) was significantly greater than MAOD (p < 0.05). The conclusion is that the oxygen deficit would accumulate progressively during a ramp test until attaining the maximal oxygen deficit. This measurement would not however give reliable index of an individual subject due to the elevated test-retest variability.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche Physiologie et Physiopathologie de l'Exercice et Handicap, Université de St-Etienne, France. JP.Pouilly@univ-st-etienne.fr
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pouilly
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Busso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen