title: Influence of successive bouts of fatiguing exercise on perceptual and physiological markers during an incremental exercise test.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a succession of fatiguing stages, on ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and estimated time limits (ETL) during an incremental exercise test. Twenty-seven cyclists performed a continuous incremental test and a discontinuous test with randomized workloads. A linear mixed model was used to compare the RPE, ETL, respiratory gas, heart rate, and blood data obtained during the two exercise tests. RPE and ETL were not significantly different between the tests. Ventilation, breathing frequency, heart rate, and blood lactate concentration were significantly higher during the last incremental test workloads. In conclusion, although the incremental exercise test generated higher cardiorespiratory and muscular workloads than observed during the randomized exercise test, most likely due to a greater fatiguing process, these higher workloads did not influence the perceptual response.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Human Movement Studies, Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, Lille University, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Jeremy B J
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Coquart
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duhamel
authors.forename: Regis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matran
authors.forename: Murielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcin
mesh_terms: D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult