scholarly journals Differences in Mechanical Midsole Characteristics of Running Shoes Do Not Influence Physiological Variables in Aerobic and Anaerobic Running

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Christian Mitschke ◽  
Katrin Karger ◽  
Thomas L. Milani
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Ventilatory Threshold ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
Physiological Variables ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Running Shoes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Aerobic And Anaerobic

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of footwear stiffness and energy loss on oxygen uptake and heart rate in athletes running under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Four footwear conditions with identical outsoles, insoles, upper materials, but different mechanical properties regarding polyurethane midsole materials were investigated. Respective midsole material characteristics were selected to represent a wide range of running shoes. The test procedure for eighteen well‐trained male runners was divided into three treadmill testing sessions: an incremental ramp protocol to estimate the individual ventilatory threshold (day 1), a test with 6‐minute stages in each shoe at 70% (aerobic, day 2) and 102% (anaerobic, day 3) of the participant’s ventilatory threshold. For oxygen uptake and the heart rate, no significant differences between footwear conditions were found for either running condition. Furthermore, no significant relationships between physiological variables and mechanical midsole characteristics were found. The wide range of significant stiffness differences in the rearfoot (52.7 N/mm) and forefoot areas (50.7 N/mm), as well as significant differences of the shoe midsole material energy loss in the rearfoot (18.8%) and forefoot areas (10.7%) were too low to influence physiological variables significantly when running below and slightly above the ventilatory threshold. It seems that shoe mass and shoe comfort can influence physiological variables more than the mechanical midsole characteristics of stiffness and energy loss. These results may have practical implications for shoe manufacturers, coaches, and athletes, alike.

scholarly journals Comparison of oxygen uptake during and after the execution of resistance exercises and exercises performed on ergometers, matched for intensity

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Vilaça-Alves ◽  
Nuno Miguel Freitas ◽  
Francisco José Saavedra ◽  
Christopher B. Scott ◽  
Victor Machado dos Reis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Ventilatory Threshold ◽  
Lactate Concentration ◽  
Blood Lactate Concentration ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Load Intensity ◽  
Moment Effect ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Individual

AbstractThe aim of this study was to compare the values of oxygen uptake (VO2) during and after strength training exercises (STe) and ergometer exercises (Ee), matched for intensity and exercise time. Eight men (24 ± 2.33 years) performed upper and lower body cycling Ee at the individual’s ventilatory threshold (VE/VCO2). The STe session included half squats and the bench press which were performed with a load at the individual blood lactate concentration of 4 mmol/l. Both sessions lasted 30 minutes, alternating 50 seconds of effort with a 10 second transition time between upper and lower body work. The averaged overall VO2 between sessions was significantly higher for Ee (24.96 ± 3.6 ml·kg·min-1) compared to STe (21.66 ± 1.77 ml·kg·min-1) (p = 0.035), but this difference was only seen for the first 20 minutes of exercise. Absolute VO2 values between sessions did not reveal differences. There were more statistically greater values in Ee compared to STe, regarding VO2 of lower limbs (25.44 ± 3.84 ml·kg·min-1 versus 21.83 ± 2·24 ml·kg·min-1; p = 0.038) and upper limbs (24.49 ± 3.84 ml·kg·min-1 versus 21.54 ± 1.77 ml·kg·min-1; p = 0.047). There were further significant differences regarding the moment effect (p<0.0001) of both STe and Ee sessions. With respect to the moment × session effect, only VO2 5 minutes into recovery showed significant differences (p = 0.017). In conclusion, although significant increases in VO2 were seen following Ee compared to STe, it appears that the load/intensity, and not the material/equipment used for the execution of an exercise, are variables that best influence oxygen uptake.

Plateau in Oxygen Uptake at Maximal Exercise in Male Children

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen E. Duncan ◽  
Anthony D. Mahon ◽  
Cheryl A. Howe ◽  
Pedro Del Corral
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Respiratory Exchange Ratio ◽  
Maximal Exercise ◽  
Treadmill Exercise ◽  
Pulmonary Ventilation ◽  
Anaerobic Capacity ◽  
Test Duration ◽  
Run Time ◽  
Aerobic And Anaerobic

This study examined the influence of test duration and anaerobic capacity on VO2max and the occurrence of a VO2 plateau during treadmill exercise in 25 boys (10.4 ± 0.8 years). Protocols with 1-min (P1) and 2-min (P2) stages, but identical speed and grade changes, were used to manipulate test duration. On separate days, VO2max was measured on P1 and P2, and 200-m run time was assessed. At maximal exercise, VO2, heart rate (HR), and pulmonary ventilation (VE) were similar between protocols, however, respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and treadmill elevation were higher (p < .05) on P1 than on P2. Plateau achievement was not significantly different. On P1, there were no differences between plateau achievers and nonachievers. On P2, test duration and 200-m run time were superior (p < .05), and relative VO2max tended to be higher (p < .10) in plateau achievers. Indices of aerobic and anaerobic capacity may influence plateau achievement on long, but not short duration tests.

scholarly journals The individual relationship between heart rate and oxygen uptake in people with a tetraplegia during exercise

Spinal Cord ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J M Valent ◽  
A J Dallmeijer ◽  
H Houdijk ◽  
J Slootman ◽  
T W J Janssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
The Individual

scholarly journals Evaluation of true maximal oxygen uptake based on a novel set of standardized criteria

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian W. Midgley ◽  
Sean Carroll ◽  
David Marchant ◽  
Lars R. McNaughton ◽  
Jason Siegler
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Maximal Heart Rate ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Small Individual ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Uptake Test ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The Individual

In this study, criteria are used to identify whether a subject has elicited maximal oxygen uptake. We evaluated the validity of traditional maximal oxygen uptake criteria and propose a novel set of criteria. Twenty athletes completed a maximal oxygen uptake test, consisting of an incremental phase and a subsequent supramaximal phase to exhaustion (verification phase). Traditional and novel maximal oxygen uptake criteria were evaluated. Novel criteria were: oxygen uptake plateau defined as the difference between modelled and actual maximal oxygen uptake >50% of the regression slope of the individual oxygen uptake–workrate relationship; as in the first criterion, but for maximal verification oxygen uptake; and a difference of ≤4 beats·min–1 between maximal heart rate values in the 2 phases. Satisfying the traditional oxygen uptake plateau criterion was largely an artefact of the between-subject variation in the oxygen uptake–workrate relationship. Secondary criteria, supposedly an indicator of maximal effort, were often satisfied long before volitional exhaustion, even at intensities as low as 61% maximal oxygen uptake. No significant mean differences were observed between the incremental and verification phases for oxygen uptake (t = 0.4; p = 0.7) or heart rate (t = 0.8; p = 0.5). The novel oxygen uptake plateau criterion, maximal oxygen uptake verification criterion, and maximal heart rate verification criterion were satisfied by 17, 18, and 18 subjects, respectively. The small individual absolute differences in oxygen uptake between incremental and verification phases observed in most subjects provided additional confidence that maximal oxygen uptake was elicited. Current maximal oxygen uptake criteria were not valid and novel criteria should be further explored.

Oxygen uptake kinetics in endurance-trained and untrained postmenopausal women

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilpa Dogra ◽  
Matthew D. Spencer ◽  
Juan M. Murias ◽  
Donald H. Paterson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Ventilatory Threshold ◽  
Vastus Lateralis ◽  
Hemoglobin Concentration ◽  
Oxygen Uptake Kinetics ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Moderate Intensity Exercise

The rate of adjustment for pulmonary oxygen uptake (τV̇O2p) is slower in untrained and in older adults. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has shed light on potential mechanisms underlying this in young men and women and in older men; however, there is no such data available in older women. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of slower τV̇O2p in older women who were either endurance-trained or untrained. Endurance-trained (n = 10; age, 62.6 ± 1.0 years) and untrained (n = 9; age, 69.1 ± 2.2 years) older women attended 2 maximal and 2 submaximal (90% of ventilatory threshold) exercise sessions. Oxygen uptake (V̇O2) was measured breath by breath, using a mass spectrometer, and changes in deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration of the vastus lateralis ([HHb]) were measured using NIRS. Heart rate was measured continuously with a 3-lead electrocardiogram. τV̇O2p was faster in trained (35.1 ± 5.5 s) than in untrained (57.0 ± 8.1 s) women. The normalized [HHb] to V̇O2 ratio, an indicator of muscle O2 delivery to O2 utilization, indicated a smaller overshoot in trained (1.09 ± 0.1) than in untrained (1.39 ± 0.1) women. Heart rate data indicated a faster adjustment of heart rate in trained (33.0 ± 13.0) than in untrained (68.7 ± 14.1) women. The pairing of V̇O2p data with NIRS-derived [HHb] data indicates that endurance-trained older women likely have better matching of O2 delivery to O2 utilization than older untrained women during moderate-intensity exercise, leading to a more rapid adjustment of V̇O2p.

scholarly journals Changes in Biochemical, Strength, Flexibility, and Aerobic Capacity Parameters after a 1700 km Ultraendurance Cycling Race

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Javier Clemente-Suarez
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Renal Function ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Aerobic Capacity ◽  
Normal Renal Function ◽  
Ventilatory Threshold ◽  
Countermovement Jump ◽  
Training Interventions ◽  
Leg Strength ◽  
Recovery Times

The purpose of the present research was to study the organic response after ultraendurance cycling race. Selected biochemical, leg strength, flexibility, and aerobic capacity parameters were analyzed in 6 subjects 5 days before and 5 days after completing a 1700 km ultraendurance cycling race. After the race, participants presented a significant decrease in Hb (167.8 ± 9.5 versus 141.6 ± 15.7 mg/dL), strength (29.4 ± 2.7 versus 25.5 ± 3.7 cm in a countermovement jump), and oxygen uptake and heart rate at ventilatory threshold (1957.0 ± 458.4 versus 1755.2 ± 281.5 mL/kg/min and 140.0 ± 9.7 versus 130.8 ± 8.3 bpm, resp.). Testosterone presented a decrease tendency (4.2 ± 2.5 versus 3.9 ± 2.6 ng/L) in opposition to the increase tendency of cortisol and ammonium parameters. Transferrin and iron levels presented high values related to an overstimulation of the liver, a normal renal function, a tendency to decrease flexibility, and an increase in aerobic capacity, finding a tendency to increase the absolute maximal oxygen uptake (37.2 ±2.4 versus 38.7 ± 1.8 mL/min) in contrast to previous studies conducted with subjects with similar age. These results can be used to program training interventions, recovery times between probes, and nutritional and/or ergonomic strategies in ultraendurance events.

scholarly journals Physiological reactions to fear provocation in dogs

2004 ◽  
Vol 180 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Hydbring-Sandberg ◽  
LW von Walter ◽  
K Hoglund ◽  
K Svartberg ◽  
L Swenson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Plasma Cortisol ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Behavioral Problem ◽  
Heart Rates ◽  
Physiological Variables ◽  
Beta Endorphins ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Physiological Reactions ◽  
Privately Owned

Fear is a common behavioral problem in dogs. In this paper, we studied the association between behavioral and physiological responses in two potentially fear-eliciting situations. The aim was to establish whether it is possible to separate dogs of the collie breed that are fearful of floors and gunshots from those that are not by studying changes in heart rate and hematocrit, plasma cortisol, progesterone, testosterone, vasopressin, and beta-endorphin concentrations. Thirteen privately owned male dogs of the collie breed were studied during a floor test, using different types of floors, and a subsequent gunshot test. Seven of the dogs were identified as being fearful of floors and six were declared as fearless. Out of the 13 dogs, seven were fearful of gunshots and six were fearless of gunshots. Since fear of floors did not always occur concomitantly with fear of gunshots, there were consequently four different groups of dogs. The heart rate increased during the floor test in all groups, but dogs that were fearful of floors had higher heart rates than dogs that were fearless of floors. Dogs that were fearful of gunshots had higher heart rates, higher hematocrit levels and higher plasma concentrations of cortisol, progesterone, vasopressin, and beta-endorphins during the gunshot test than did dogs that were found to be fearless of gunshots. Plasma cortisol and progesterone increased drastically during the gunshot test in dogs identified as being fearful of gunshots. In fearful dogs, the testosterone concentration increased after completion of the floor test and before the gunshot test started, but there were no significant differences in testosterone between the groups. Since dogs fearful of gunshots had increased levels of several physiological parameters, the results demonstrated that this fear is a serious stress for the individual, a fear which it is possible to register with physiological variables.

Relationship of Heart Rate and Oxygen Uptake Kinetics during Deep Water Running in the Adult Population—Ages 50 to 70 Years

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley P. Brown ◽  
Joel C. Jordan ◽  
Linda F. Chitwood ◽  
Kim R. Beason ◽  
John G. Alvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Physiological Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Deep Water Running

This study was performed to investigate the relationship between heart rate (HR) as a percentage of peak HR and oxygen uptake (V̇O2) as a percentage of peak V̇O2 in older adults while performing deep water running (DWR). Twenty-three (14 male and 9 female) apparently healthy older adults, age 50 to 70 years, volunteered. Deep water running to V̇O2peak was performed in 3-min stages at leg speeds controlled by a metronome beginning at 60 strides per minute and increasing 12 strides per minute each additional stage. Oxygen uptake and HR were continuously monitored by open-circuit spirometry and radiotelemetry, respectively. Simple linear regression analysis was used to establish the relationship between the physiological variables. The relationship between %V̇O2peak and %HRpeak was statistically significant, with the male (%V̇O2peak = 1.5301 [%HRpeak] − 54.4932 [r = .96, SEE = 6.0%]) and female (%V̇O2peak = 1.5904 [%HRpeak] - 62.3935 [r = .91, SEE = 6.9%]) regression equations being significantly different (p < .05). The regression equations of older adults and those for college-aged males (%VO2peak = 1.4634 [%HRpeak] − 49.619) and females (%V̇O2peak = 1.6649 [%HRpeak] − 67.862) were not significantly different.

scholarly journals An experimental feasibility study evaluating the adequacy of sportswear-type wearables for recording physical exercise intensity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Marutani ◽  
Shoji Konda ◽  
Issei Ogasawara ◽  
Keita Yamasaki ◽  
Teruki Yokoyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Exercise Intensity ◽  
Regression Line ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
High Coefficient ◽  
Axial Acceleration ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Single Regression

Sportswear-type wearables with integrated inertial sensors and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes, have been developed. We examined the feasibility of using sportswear-type wearables to evaluate exercise intensity within a controlled laboratory setting. Six male college athletes were asked to don a sportswear-type wearable while performing a treadmill test that reached up to 20 km/h. The magnitude of the filtered tri-axial acceleration signal, recorded by the inertial sensor, was used to calculate the acceleration index. The R-R intervals of ECG were used to determine heart rate; the external validity of the heart rate was then evaluated according to oxygen uptake, which is the gold standard physiological exercise intensity. Single regression analyses between treadmill speed and the acceleration index in each participant showed that the slope of the regression line was significantly greater than zero with a high coefficient of determination (walking, 0.95; jogging, 0.96; running, 0.90). Another single regression analyses between heart rate and oxygen uptake showed that the slope of the regression line was significantly greater than zero, with a high coefficient of determination (0.96). Together, these results indicate that sportswear-type wearables are a feasible technology for evaluating physical and physiological exercise intensity across a wide range of physical activities and sport performances.

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