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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 408-417Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12673
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Cycling efficiency; lactate threshold; maximal oxygen uptake; endurance performance; muscle efficiency
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This study investigated the effects of prolonged constant load cycling exercise on cycling efficiency and local muscle oxygen uptake responses. Fourteen well-trained cyclists each completed a 2-h steady-state cycling bout at 60% of their maximal minute power output to assess changes in gross cycling efficiency (GE) and muscle oxygen uptake (mVO(2)) at time points 5, 30, 60, 90, and 120min. Near-infrared spatially resolved spectroscopy (NIRS) was used to continually monitor tissue oxygenation of the Vastus Lateralis muscle, with arterial occlusions (OCC) applied to assess mVO(2). The half-recovery time of oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO(2)) was also assessed pre and post the 2-h cycling exercise by measuring the hyperemic response following a 5-min OCC. GE significantly declined during the 2-h cycling bout (18.4 +/- 1.6 to 17.4 +/- 1.4%; P<0.01). Conversely, mVO(2) increased, being significantly higher after 90 and 120min than at min 5 (+0.04 mlO(2)/min/100g; P=0.03). The half-recovery time for HbO(2) was increased comparing pre and post the 2-h cycling exercise (+7.1 +/- 19s), albeit not significantly (d: 0.48; P=0.27). This study demonstrates that GE decreases during prolonged constant load cycling exercise and provides evidence of an increased mVO(2), suggestive of progressive mitochondrial or contractile inefficiency.
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