A novel treadmill protocol for uphill running assessment: the incline incremental running test (IIRT)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ricardo Dantas De Lucas ◽  
Bruna Karam De Mattos ◽  
Alexandre Da Cunha Tremel ◽  
Luana Pianezzer ◽  
Kristopher Mendes De Souza ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilby Williamson ◽  
Jonathan Fuld ◽  
Kate Westgate ◽  
Karl Sylvester ◽  
Ulf Ekelund ◽  
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Background. Oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) is a reproducible, objective marker of cardiopulmonary function. OUES is reported as being relatively independent of exercise intensity. Practical guidance and criteria for reporting OUES from submaximal tests has not been established.Objective. Evaluate the use of respiratory exchange ratio (RER) as a secondary criterion for reporting OUES.Design. 100 healthy volunteers (53 women) completed a ramped treadmill protocol to exhaustive exercise. OUES was calculated from data truncated to RER levels from 0.85 to 1.2 and compared to values generated from full test data. Results. Mean (sd) OUES from full test data and data truncated to RER 1.0 and RER 0.9 was 2814 (718), 2895 (730), and 2810 (789) mL/min per 10-fold increase in VE, respectively. Full test OUES was highly correlated with OUES from RER 1.0 (r=0.9) and moderately correlated with OUES from RER 0.9 (r=0.79).Conclusion. OUES values peaked in association with an RER level of 1.0. Sub-maximal OUES values are not independent of exercise intensity. There is a significant increase in OUES value as exercise moves from low to moderate intensity. RER can be used as a secondary criterion to define this transition.


2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 1193-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Kate McGinley ◽  
Marni J. Armstrong ◽  
Farah Khandwala ◽  
Silvano Zanuso ◽  
Ronald J. Sigal

Accelerometers are designed to measure physical activity (PA) objectively. The MyWellness Key (MWK) accelerometer has been validated primarily in younger, normal-weight populations. The aims of this study were to examine the accuracy of the MWK against directly measured lab-based exercise and free-living PA in people with type 2 diabetes, many of whom are older and overweight or obese. Thirty-five participants with type 2 diabetes completed the protocol, which included a laboratory-based session and a free-living phase. In the laboratory visit, participants completed a structured treadmill protocol wearing MWKs on each hip (all subjects) and bra cup (women only). The speed where each MWK switched from recording light- to moderate-intensity activity was determined for each MWK worn. In the free-living phase, participants wore the MWK for all waking hours for 2 weeks, and recorded exercise in PA diaries immediately after each exercise session. The mean cut-points between low (“Free”) and moderate (“Play”) intensity for the right and left waist-worn MWKs were 4.1 ± 0.5 km/h and 5.0 ± 0.9 km/h for the bra-mounted MWK; ideal cut-point would be 4.0 km/h. In the free-living phase, the Spearman correlation between PA according to PA diary and the waist-worn MWK was 0.81 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.76, 0.85; P < 0.001), but only 0.66 (95% CI: 0.53, 0.77; P < 0.001) when on the bra. In conclusion, the waist-worn MWK measured PA volume accurately, and was acceptably accurate at discriminating between low- and moderate-intensity PA in people with type 2 diabetes. The MWK underestimated PA volume and intensity when worn on a bra.


1986 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 986-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Wheeler ◽  
G. L. Davis ◽  
W. J. Gillespie ◽  
M. M. Bern

Acute exercise enhances fibrinolytic (FA), factor VIII coagulant and factor VIII ristocetin cofactor activities, and increases the concentration of factor VIII-related antigen. Little is known concerning the mechanisms of these changes. To investigate possible relationships between exercise-induced changes in blood lactate, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (DPG), and the hemostatic variables, a branching multistage treadmill protocol was used to exercise male volunteers to a maximum effort. Blood samples were drawn before, immediately post-, and 8 min postexercise. All hemostatic variables were significantly (P less than 0.05) increased postexercise. Highest values for factor VIII coagulant, factor VIII-related antigens and factor VIII ristocetin cofactor were observed at 8 min postexercise. Significant (P less than 0.001) correlations were found postexercise for lactate with factor VIII coagulant (r = 0.64), while no association between pre-, post-, or 8 min postexercise. Postexercise lactate demonstrated a significant correlation (r = +0.81), which was strengthened by including the preexercise high-density lipoprotein (HDL) concentrations (r = +0.87). Consequently, the expected postexercise FA may be calculated from the observed values for postexercise lactate and preexercise HDL. The correlations of lactate with postexercise FA and with postexercise factor VIII coagulant may reflect a common stimulus for these exercise-induced changes.


1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 575-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars McNaughton ◽  
Phil Hall ◽  
Dean Cooley

The purpose of this study was to identify the most accurate predictor of VO2max from a variety of running tests. 32 young adult male undergraduates of (mean ± SE) age 20.14 ± 0.34 yr., height 179.4 ± 1.8 cm, weight 73.7±2.8 kg, and VO2max 57.89 ± 1.1 ml · kg−1 · min.−1 were randomly tested on four different predictive VO2max running tests to assess their actual VO2max, based on a continuous, progressive treadmill protocol and obtained via gas analysis. The four tests consisted of a treadmill jogging test, 1.5 mile run, Cooper's 12-min. run, and the 20-m progressive shuttle-run test. An analysis of variance applied to means indicated significance. Post hoc analysis between the means with correction by Scheffé showed significant difference between the predictive submaximal treadmill jogging test and the 12-min. run but no other difieren .es. The strength of the relationship between predictive tests and VO2max varied, wit1 the 12-min run having the highest correlation of .87, followed by the 1.5 mile rur .87, 20-m progressive shuttle run .82, and the treadmill jogging test .50. The 12-min. run had the highest correlation of all tests with VO2max in young men, with active to trained levels of fitness. The 1.5 mile and 20-m shuttle run also provided accurate predictions of VO2max and so should be used for an accurate prediction of young men's VO2max.


1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-296
Author(s):  
Fiona Iredale ◽  
Frank Bell ◽  
Myra Nimmo

Fourteen sedentary 50- to 55-year-old men were exercised to exhaustion using an incremental treadmill protocol. Mean (±SEM) peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak) was 40.5 ± 1.19 ml · kg1· min−1, and maximum heart rate was 161 ± 4 beats · min−1. Blood lactate concentration was measured regularly to identify the lactate threshold (oxygen consumption at which blood lactate concentration begins to systematically increase). Threshold occurred at 84 ± 2% of V̇O2peak. The absolute lactate value at threshold was 2.9 ± 0.2 mmol · L−1. On a separate occasion, 6 subjects exercised continuously just below their individual lactate thresholds for 25 min without significantly raising their blood lactate levels from the 10th minute to the 25th. The absolute blood lactate level over the last 20 min of the steady-state test averaged 3.7 ± 1.2 mmol · L−1. This value is higher than that elicited at the threshold in the incremental test because of the differing nature of the protocols. It was concluded that although the lactate threshold occurs at a high percentage of V̇O2peak, subjects are still able to sustain exercise at that intensity for 25 min.


Author(s):  
Bryan Saunders ◽  
Craig Sale ◽  
Roger C. Harris ◽  
Caroline Sunderland

Purpose:To investigate the separate and combined effects of sodium bicarbonate and beta-alanine supplementation on repeated sprints during simulated match play performed in hypoxia.Methods:Study A: 20 recreationally active participants performed two trials following acute supplementation with either sodium bicarbonate (0.3 g·kg−1BM) or placebo (maltodextrin). Study B: 16 recreationally active participants were supplemented with either a placebo or beta-alanine for 5 weeks (6.4 g·day−1 for 4 weeks, 3.2 g·day−1 for 1 week), and performed one trial before supplementation (with maltodextrin) and two following supplementation (with sodium bicarbonate and maltodextrin). Trials consisted of 3 sets of 5 × 6 s repeated sprints performed during a football specific intermittent treadmill protocol performed in hypoxia (15.5% O2). Mean (MPO) and peak (PPO) power output were recorded as the performance measures.Results:Study A: Overall MPO was lower with sodium bicarbonate than placebo (p = .02, 539.4 ± 84.5 vs. 554.0 ± 84.6 W), although there was no effect across sets (all p > .05). Study B: There was no effect of beta-alanine, or cosupplementation with sodium bicarbonate, on either parameter, although there was a trend toward higher MPO with sodium bicarbonate (p = .07).Conclusions:The effect of sodium bicarbonate on repeated sprints was equivocal, although there was no effect of beta-alanine or cosupplementation with sodium bicarbonate. Individual variation may have contributed to differences in results with sodium bicarbonate, although the lack of an effect with beta-alanine suggests this type of exercise may not be influenced by increased buffering capacity.


2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Duff ◽  
Astrid De Souza ◽  
James Potts ◽  
Derek Human ◽  
Kevin Harris

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Fiona Iredale ◽  
Myra A. Nimmo

Thirty-three men (age 26–55 years) who did not exercise regularly were exercised to exhaustion using an incremental treadmill protocol. Blood lactate concentration was measured to identify lactate threshold (LT, oxygen consumption at which blood lactate concentration begins to systematically increase). The correlation coefficient for LT (ml · kg−1 · min−1) with age was not significant, but when LT was expressed as a percentage of peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak), the correlation was r = +.69 (p < .01). This was despite a lack of significant correlation between age and VO2 peak (r = −.33). The correlation between reserve capacity (the difference between VO2 peak and LT) and age was r = −.73 (p < .01 ), and reserve capacity decreased at a rate of 3.1 ml · kg−1 · min−1 per decade. It was concluded that the percentage of VO2 peak at which LT occurs increases progressively with age, with a resultant decrease in reserve capacity.


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