Implications of breath-by-breath oxygen uptake determination on kinetics assessment during exercise.
We tested that the breath-by-breath V(O2) determination by an algorithm termed BR did not bias the kinetics parameters. It was compared to two other algorithms using a correction for changes in lung gas stores between two successive breaths (AU, W) and one without correction (NC). Ten healthy male subjects cycled 10 min at 15 and 30 W below and above ventilatory threshold (VT) after 3 min at 0 W. The breath-by-breath V(O2) variability was lower with BR than the other methods during the last 3 min at each power. V(O2) kinetics was described by a mono-exponential model at power below VT and a bi-exponential model above VT. Differences in parameter were only observed for the primary component between estimates using AU and NC. The between-subject variability in the parameters of the slow component at 15 W above VT was lower with AU and BR than W and NC. It was concluded that the BR algorithm could be used to analyse the V(O2) kinetics during exercise.
Gimenez
Philippe
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Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Saint-Etienne, France. philippe.gimenez@univ-st-etienne.fr
Busso
Thierry
T
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration; D055815:Young Adult