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Title: | Effects of arterial oxygen content on peripheral locomotor muscle fatigue |
Authors: | Amann, M Romer, LM Pegelow, DF Jacques, AJ Hess, CJ Dempsey, JA |
Keywords: | Adult;Electromyography;Exercise;Exercise test;Humans;Male;Motor activity;Motor neurons;Muscle contraction;Muscle fatigue;Oxygen;Oxygen consumption;Quadriceps muscle |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
Publisher: | American Physiological Society |
Citation: | Journal of Applied Physiology, 101:1, pp. 119 - 127, 2006 |
Abstract: | The effect of arterial O2 content (Ca(O2)) on quadriceps fatigue was assessed in healthy, trained male athletes. On separate days, eight participants completed three constant-workload trials on a bicycle ergometer at fixed workloads (314 +/- 13 W). The first trial was performed while the subjects breathed a hypoxic gas mixture [inspired O2 fraction (Fi(O2)) = 0.15, Hb saturation = 81.6%, Ca(O2) = 18.2 ml O2/dl blood; Hypo] until exhaustion (4.5 +/- 0.4 min). The remaining two trials were randomized and time matched with Hypo. The second and third trials were performed while the subjects breathed a normoxic (Fi(O2) = 0.21, Hb saturation = 95.0%, Ca(O2) = 21.3 ml O2/dl blood; Norm) and a hyperoxic (Fi(O2) = 1.0, Hb saturation = 100%, Ca(O2) = 23.8 ml O2/dl blood; Hyper) gas mixture, respectively. Quadriceps muscle fatigue was assessed via magnetic femoral nerve stimulation (1-100 Hz) before and 2.5 min after exercise. Myoelectrical activity of the vastus lateralis was obtained from surface electrodes throughout exercise. Immediately after exercise, the mean force response across 1-100 Hz decreased from preexercise values (P < 0.01) by -26 +/- 2, -17 +/- 2, and -13 +/- 2% for Hypo, Norm, and Hyper, respectively; each of the decrements differed significantly (P < 0.05). Integrated electromyogram increased significantly throughout exercise (P < 0.01) by 23 +/- 3, 10 +/- 1, and 6 +/- 1% for Hypo, Norm, and Hyper, respectively; each of the increments differed significantly (P < 0.05). Mean power frequency fell more (P < 0.05) during Hypo (-15 +/- 2%); the difference between Norm (-7 +/- 1%) and Hyper (-6 +/- 1%) was not significant (P = 0.32). We conclude that deltaCa(O2) during strenuous systemic exercise at equal workloads and durations affects the rate of locomotor muscle fatigue development. |
URI: | http://jap.physiology.org/content/101/1/119 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9918 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01596.2005 |
ISSN: | 1522-1601 |
Appears in Collections: | Sport Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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