title: Software for calculating blood lactate endurance markers.
abstract: Blood lactate markers are used as summary measures of the underlying model of an athlete's blood lactate response to increasing work rate. Exercise physiologists use these endurance markers, typically corresponding to a work rate in the region of high curvature in the lactate curve, to predict and compare endurance ability. A short theoretical background of the commonly used markers is given and algorithms provided for their calculation. To date, no free software exists that allows the sports scientist to calculate these markers. In this paper, software is introduced for precisely this purpose that will calculate a variety of lactate markers for an individual athlete, an athlete at different instants (e.g. across a season), and simultaneously for a squad.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. john.newell@nuigalway.ie
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newell
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Niall
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruickshank
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Einbeck
authors.forename: Kenny
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McMillan
authors.forename: Roddy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015415:Biomarkers; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software