The Dynamic and Correlation of Skin Temperature and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Male Endurance Runners
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Experimental Procedure
2.3. Anthropometric Measurements
2.4. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment
2.5. Skin Temperature Assessment
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participant Characteristics and Cardiorespiratory Assessments
Cardiovascular Response
3.2. Skin Temperature Measurements
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | n = 79 | HF (n = 35) | MF (n = 44) | p-Value |
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Age (years) | 36 ± 9 | 36 ± 8 | 37 ± 9 | 0.734 |
Height (cm) | 177 ± 0.1 | 176 ± 0.5 | 178 ± 0.6 | 0.189 |
Weight (kg) | 75.62 ± 7.56 | 72.72 ± 5.67 | 77.93 ± 8.12 | 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.03 ± 2.11 | 23.23 ± 1.50 | 24.68 ± 2.32 | 0.001 |
Fat mass (%) | 14.04 ± 4.52 | 11.69 ± 3.2 | 15.91 ± 4.59 | <0.001 |
Muscle mass (%) | 45 ± 3.48 | 46.51 ± 2.70 | 43.80 ± 3.61 | <0.001 |
VO2peak (L/min) | 3.82 ± 0.38 | 4.02 ± 0.35 | 3.65 ± 0.33 | 0.001 |
VO2peak (mL/kg/min) | 51.74 ± 6.54 | 56.62 ± 4.31 | 47.86 ± 5.29 | <0.001 |
HR (beat/min) | 181 ± 9 | 182 ± 8 | 181 ± 11 | 0.554 |
RER (VCO2/VO2) | 1.05 ± 0.05 | 1.05 ± 0.05 | 1.04 ± 0.05 | 0.590 |
VE (L/m) | 136 ± 20 | 145 ± 21 | 129 ± 17 | <0.001 |
Speedpeak (km/h) | 15.91 ± 1.78 | 16.98 ± 1.50 | 15.06 ± 1.50 | <0.001 |
Time spent (sec) | 1200 ± 212 | 1329 ± 181 | 1099 ± 180 | <0.001 |
Variables | n = 79 | HF (n = 35) | MF (n = 44) | p-Value |
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Tskbaseline (°C) | 34.06 ± 0.75 | 34.24 ± 0.84 | 33.91 ± 0.74 | 0.049 |
Tskpeak (°C) | 36.03 ± 0.73 | 36.20 ± 0.60 | 35.90 ± 0.79 | 0.062 |
Tskfinal (°C) | 35.59 ± 0.95 | 35.70 ± 0.77 | 35.50 ± 1.07 | 0.322 |
Tsk variation from Tskbaseline to Tskpeak (°C) | 1.97 ± 0.81 | 1.96 ± 0.65 | 1.99 ± 0.92 | 0.833 |
Tsk variation from Tskbaseline to Tskfinal (°C) | 1.53 ± 1.03 | 1.49 ± 0.84 | 1.56 ± 1.16 | 0.747 |
Tsk variation from Tskpeak to Tskfinal (°C) | −0.45 ± 0.49 | −0.50 ± 0.50 | −0.41 ± 0.49 | 0.413 |
Time-duration from Tskbaseline to Tskpeak (s) | 996 ± 240 | 1105 ± 244 | 910 ± 201 | <0.001 |
Time-duration from Tskpeak to Tskfinal (s) | 204 ± 163 | 223 ± 159 | 189 ± 167 | 0.348 |
Tskpeak during recovery (°C) | 36.25 ± 0.81 | 36.38 ± 0.79 | 36.14 ± 0.81 | 0.187 |
Tskfinal during recovery (°C) | 36.12 ± 0.88 | 36.28 ± 0.87 | 36 ± 0.88 | 0.167 |
Tsk variation from Tskfinal at end of exercise to Tskpeak during recovery (°C) | 0.71 ± 0.59 | 0.76 ± 0.56 | 0.68 ± 0.61 | 0.557 |
Tsk variation from Tskfinal at end of exercise to Tskfinal at end of recovery (°C) | 0.60 ± 0.68 | 0.65 ± 0.56 | 0.54 ± 0.75 | 0.452 |
Variables | Correlation Coefficient | p-Value |
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Age, years | 0.306 | 0.006 |
BMI (kg/m2) | −147 | 0.196 |
Fat mass (%) | −276 | 0.014 |
Muscle mass (%) | 0.263 | 0.019 |
VO2peak (ml/kg/min) | 0.299 | 0.007 |
HRpeak (beat/min) | 0.286 | 0.011 |
RERpeak | −035 | 0.760 |
VEpeak (L/min) | 0.256 | 0.023 |
Speedpeak (km/h) | 0.337 | 0.002 |
Variables | β | β Error | T | p | VIF |
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(Constant) | 31.668 | 1.453 | 21.790 | <0.001 | - |
Speedpeak | 0.111 | 0.046 | 2.392 | 0.019 | 1.139 |
HRpeak | 0.014 | 0.008 | 1.694 | 0.094 | 1.138 |
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Galan-Carracedo, J.; Suarez-Segade, A.; Guerra-Balic, M.; Oviedo, G.R. The Dynamic and Correlation of Skin Temperature and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Male Endurance Runners. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2869. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162869
Galan-Carracedo J, Suarez-Segade A, Guerra-Balic M, Oviedo GR. The Dynamic and Correlation of Skin Temperature and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Male Endurance Runners. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(16):2869. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162869
Chicago/Turabian StyleGalan-Carracedo, Jonathan, Andrea Suarez-Segade, Myriam Guerra-Balic, and Guillermo R. Oviedo. 2019. "The Dynamic and Correlation of Skin Temperature and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Male Endurance Runners" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 16: 2869. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162869