Assessment of Intercostal Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Estimating Respiratory Compensation Point in Trained Endurance Athletes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Design
2.3. Procedures
2.3.1. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
2.3.2. Measurement of SmO2
2.3.3. Skinfold
2.3.4. Data Analysis
2.3.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Practical Applications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Test (n = 17) | Retest (n = 17) | ||||||||
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RCP | SmO2BP | p | RCP | SmO2BP | p | |||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
Speed (km·h−1) | 16.1 | 2.09 | 16.1 | 2.22 | 0.908 | 15.2 | 1.78 | 15.4 | 1.90 | 0.269 |
O2 (ml·kg−1·min−1) | 52.5 | 8.36 | 52.7 | 8.42 | 0.401 | 49.8 | 5.97 | 49.8 | 7.07 | 0.930 |
Percentage of O2max (%) | 88.5 | 4.10 | 88.8 | 4.08 | 0.447 | 88.4 | 5.37 | 88.3 | 5.32 | 0.891 |
HR (bpm) | 170.8 | 13.63 | 171.5 | 13.33 | 0.324 | 167.1 | 12.77 | 168.2 | 13.45 | 0.263 |
Percentage of HRmax (%) | 94.1 | 3.08 | 94.4 | 3.00 | 0.311 | 92.8 | 2.90 | 93.4 | 3.13 | 0.282 |
SmO2 (%) | 68.9 | 14.57 | 68.6 | 13.81 | 0.607 | 62.3 | 11.22 | 63.0 | 11.12 | 0.098 |
RER | 1.01 | 0.05 | 1.01 | 0.05 | 0.590 | 1.02 | 0.06 | 1.02 | 0.06 | 0.906 |
ICC | Mean Differences | |||
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Variable | R | 95% CI | Mean Differences | 95% CI |
Speed (km·h−1) | 0.859 | 0.65–0.94 | −0.78 | −1.34–(−0.22) |
O2 (mL·kg·s−1) | 0.793 | 0.52–0.92 | −2.68 | −5.22–(−0.13) |
HR (bpm) | 0.823 | 0.57–0.93 | −3.29 | −7.39–0.81 |
SmO2 (%) | 0.600 | 0.18–0.83 | −5.60 | −11.36–0.17 |
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Romero-Arenas, S.; Quero-Calero, C.D.; Abellan-Aynes, O.; Andreu-Caravaca, L.; Fernandez-Calero, M.; Manonelles, P.; Lopez-Plaza, D. Assessment of Intercostal Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Estimating Respiratory Compensation Point in Trained Endurance Athletes. Sports 2023, 11, 212. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11110212
Romero-Arenas S, Quero-Calero CD, Abellan-Aynes O, Andreu-Caravaca L, Fernandez-Calero M, Manonelles P, Lopez-Plaza D. Assessment of Intercostal Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Estimating Respiratory Compensation Point in Trained Endurance Athletes. Sports. 2023; 11(11):212. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11110212
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomero-Arenas, Salvador, Carmen Daniela Quero-Calero, Oriol Abellan-Aynes, Luis Andreu-Caravaca, Marta Fernandez-Calero, Pedro Manonelles, and Daniel Lopez-Plaza. 2023. "Assessment of Intercostal Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Estimating Respiratory Compensation Point in Trained Endurance Athletes" Sports 11, no. 11: 212. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11110212