Does the threshold of transcutaneous partial pressure of carbon dioxide represent the respiratory compensation point or anaerobic threshold?

1995 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 326-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuefei Liu ◽  
Jürgen M. Steinacker ◽  
Martin Stanch
Author(s):  
Murillo Frazão ◽  
Paulo Eugênio Silva ◽  
Lucas de Assis Pereira Cacau ◽  
Tullio Rocha Petrucci ◽  
Mariela Cometki Assis ◽  
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Author(s):  
William J.M. Kinnear ◽  
James H. Hull

This chapter describes how acidaemia stimulates ventilation in the later stages of a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). This happens after the anaerobic threshold, once the capacity of the blood to buffer lactic acid has been used up. The respiratory compensation point (RCP) can be identified from an increase in the slope when minute ventilation (VE) is plotted against carbon dioxide output (VCO2), or from a rise in the ventilatory equivalents for carbon dioxide (VeqCO2). The presence of a clear RCP indicates that the subject has made a fairly maximal effort during the CPET. An RCP also argues against significant lung disease, since it implies the ability to increase ventilation in response to acidaemia.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 636-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle S.M. Silva ◽  
Wladimir Bolani ◽  
Cleber R. Alves ◽  
Diogo G. Biagi ◽  
José R. Lemos ◽  
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Aim:To study the relationship between the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism and oxygen uptake (VO2) before and after exercise training.Methods:Police recruits (N = 206, 25 ± 4 y) with RR (n = 75), RX (n = 97), and XX (n = 33) genotypes were selected. After baseline measures, they underwent 18 wk of running endurance training. Peak VO2 was obtained by cardiopulmonary exercise testing.Results:Baseline body weight was not different among genotypes. At baseline, XX individuals displayed higher VO2 at anaerobic threshold, respiratory compensation point, and exercise peak than did RR individuals (P < .003). Endurance training significantly increased VO2 at anaerobic threshold, respiratory compensation point, and exercise peak (P < 2 × 10−6), but the differences between XX and RR were no longer observed. Only relative peak VO2 exercise remained higher in XX than in RR genotype (P = .04). In contrast, the increase in relative peak VO2 was greater in RR than in XX individuals (12% vs 6%; P = .02).Conclusion:ACTN3 R577X polymorphism is associated with VO2. XX individuals have greater aerobic capacity. Endurance training eliminates differences in peak VO2 between XX and RR individuals. These findings suggest a ceiling-effect phenomenon, and, perhaps, trained individuals may not constitute an adequate population to explain associations between phenotypic variability and gene variations.


Author(s):  
Guilherme Veiga Guimarães ◽  
Giovanni Bellotti ◽  
Mauricio Wajngarten ◽  
Luzimar Teixeira ◽  
José Franchini Ramires ◽  
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