Low-intensity training increases peak arm VO2 by enhancing both convective and diffusive O2 delivery

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-134

  Boushel, R ^a,b   Ara, I ^a,c   Gnaiger, E ^d   Helge, J W ^a,e   Gonzalez Alonso J ^a,f   Munck Andersen, T ^a   Sondergaard, H ^a   Damsgaard, R ^a   van Hall, G ^a   Saltin, B ^a   Calbet, J A L ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Capillaries; Diffusion; Exercise; Training

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LOW INTENSITY EXERCISE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY OXYGEN UPTAKE; SKIING; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRIPLE LUMEN CATHETER; ARM; HEART OUTPUT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARM; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 84899103782     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12258     Document Type: Article

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