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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
卷 597, 期 1, 页码 71-88出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1113/JP276233
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Exercise physiology; Thermoregulation; Oral Contraception
We studied thermoregulatory responses of ten well-trained ((V) over dot(O2 max) , 57 +/- 7 mL min(-1) kg(-1)) women taking a combined, monophasic oral contraceptive pill (OCP) (>= 12 months) during exercise in dry and humid heat, across their active OCP cycle. They completed four trials, each of resting and cycling at fixed intensities (125 and 150 W), aiming to assess autonomic regulation, and then a self-paced intensity (30-min work trial) to assess behavioural regulation. Trials were conducted in quasi-follicular (qF) and quasi-luteal (qL) phases in dry (DRY) and humid (HUM) heat matched for wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) (27 degrees C). During rest and exercise at 125 W, rectal temperature was 0.15 degrees C higher in qL than qF (P = 0.05) independent of environment (P = 0.17). The onset threshold and thermosensitivity of local sweat rate and forearm blood flow relative to mean body temperature was unaffected by the OCP cycle (both P > 0.30). Exercise performance did not differ between quasi-phases (qF: 268 +/- 31 kJ, qL: 263 +/- 26 kJ, P = 0.31) but was 5 +/- 7% higher during DRY than during HUM (273 +/- 29 kJ, 258 +/- 28 kJ; P = 0.03). Compared to matched eumenorrhoeic athletes, chronic OCP use impaired the sweating onset threshold and thermosensitivity (both P < 0.01). In well-trained, OCP-using women exercising in the heat: (i) a performance-thermoregulatory trade-off occurred that required behavioural adjustment; (ii) humidity impaired performance as a result of reduced evaporative power despite matched WBGT; and (iii) the sudomotor but not behavioural thermoregulatory responses were impaired compared to matched eumenorrhoeic athletes.
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