Does Exercising Muscle Blood Flow Predict Peak Workload in a Ramp Protocol?
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Abstract
Acute alterations in oxygen delivery (O2del) can affect an individual's exercise peformance. However it is not known whether differences in O2del between subjects in small muscle mass exercise predicts differences in exercise performance. PURPOSE: To determine whether forearm blood flow (FBF) and forearm oxygen delivery (O2del) predicts peak workload (PW) in a ramp protocol in healthy individuals. METHODS: Healthy males, (n=7, age = 24.36 ±6.38) performed a rhythmic forearm handgrip exercise (1s contraction: 2s relaxation duty cycle) during a ramp protocol. The ramp protocol started at 2.5 kg and increasing by 2.5 kg every 3 minutes until "task failure", deemed to be three consecutive below-target contractions. Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC; kg) was determined prior to the exercise trial. Subjects were continuously provided with visual feedback on force output on a computer screen. FBF (calculated from Doppler and Echo ultrasound of the brachial artery), O2del (calculated from venous blood sampling and FBF), and mean arterial pressure (MAP, finger photoplethysmography) were quantified over the last minute of each exercise intensity. RESULTS: Data are mean ± SE. Average peak FBF was 763.29 ± 95.093 mL/min, average stage completed was 27.14 ± 1.58 kg, peak MAP was 120.90 ± 5.22 (n=9). peak O2del was 154.757 ± 21.502 mL/min (n=6). Peak FBF (mL/min) explained 37% of the variance in PW achieved between individuals (r2 = 0.373, p<0.05). O2del moderately predicted PW (r2 = 0.359, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In the exercise model utilized, oxygen delivery is a moderate predictor of exercise performance.
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| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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