Intermittent Exercise at Lactate Threshold Induces Lower Acute Stress than Its Continuous Counterpart in Middle-to-Older Aged Men
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Baseline Test
2.3. Experimental Tests
2.4. Measurements
2.5. Blood Analyses
2.6. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Physiological Characteristics
3.2. Comparison of a Degree of Exhaustion (with Conventional Indices)
3.3. Comparison of the Degree of Exhaustion (with Additional Indices Derived from Blood Analyses)
3.4. Comparison of Myotrophic and Neurotrophic Hormones
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Means ± SD | |
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Age (years) | 59.3 ± 10.4 |
Height (cm) | 168.5 ± 4.2 |
Weight (kg) | 68.9 ± 5.1 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.3 ± 2.3 |
Cycling load at LT intensity (kp) | 1.8 ± 0.4 |
Cycling METs at LT intensity | 6.3 ± 1.0 |
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Yamamoto, T.; Tanoue, Y.; Uehara, Y.; Higaki, Y.; Tanaka, H.; Narazaki, K. Intermittent Exercise at Lactate Threshold Induces Lower Acute Stress than Its Continuous Counterpart in Middle-to-Older Aged Men. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7503. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127503
Yamamoto T, Tanoue Y, Uehara Y, Higaki Y, Tanaka H, Narazaki K. Intermittent Exercise at Lactate Threshold Induces Lower Acute Stress than Its Continuous Counterpart in Middle-to-Older Aged Men. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(12):7503. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127503
Chicago/Turabian StyleYamamoto, Taiki, Yukiya Tanoue, Yoshinari Uehara, Yasuki Higaki, Hiroaki Tanaka, and Kenji Narazaki. 2022. "Intermittent Exercise at Lactate Threshold Induces Lower Acute Stress than Its Continuous Counterpart in Middle-to-Older Aged Men" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12: 7503. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127503