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Relating pulmonary oxygen uptake to muscle oxygen consumption at exercise onset: in vivo and in silico studies. Eur J Appl Physiol 2006 Jul;97(4):380-94

Date

04/26/2006

Pubmed ID

16636861

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4124916

DOI

10.1007/s00421-006-0176-y

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-33745459956 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   25 Citations

Abstract

Assessment of the rate of muscle oxygen consumption, UO(2m), in vivo during exercise involving a large muscle mass is critical for investigating mechanisms regulating energy metabolism at exercise onset. While UO(2m) is technically difficult to obtain under these circumstances, pulmonary oxygen uptake, VO(2p), can be readily measured and used as a proxy to UO(2m). However, the quantitative relationship between VO(2p) and UO(2m) during the nonsteady phase of exercise in humans, needs to be established. A computational model of oxygen transport and utilization--based on dynamic mass balances in blood and tissue cells--was applied to quantify the dynamic relationship between model-simulated UO(2m) and measured VO(2p) during moderate (M), heavy (H), and very heavy (V) intensity exercise. In seven human subjects, VO(2p) and muscle oxygen saturation, StO(2m), were measured with indirect calorimetry and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), respectively. The dynamic responses of VO(2p) and StO(2m) at each intensity were in agreement with previously published data. The response time of muscle oxygen consumption, tauUO(2m) estimated by direct comparison between model results and measurements of StO(2m) was significantly faster (P < 0.001) than that of pulmonary oxygen uptake, tauVO(2p) (M: 13 +/- 4 vs. 65 +/- 7 s; H: 13 +/- 4 vs. 100 +/- 24 s; V: 15 +/- 5 vs. 82 +/- 31 s). Thus, by taking into account the dynamics of oxygen stores in blood and tissue and determining muscle oxygen consumption from muscle oxygenation measurements, this study demonstrates a significant temporal dissociation between UO(2m) and VO(2p) at exercise onset.

Author List

Lai N, Dash RK, Nasca MM, Saidel GM, Cabrera ME

Author

Ranjan K. Dash PhD Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Computer Simulation
Energy Metabolism
Exercise
Exercise Test
Humans
Male
Models, Biological
Muscle, Skeletal
Oxygen
Oxygen Consumption
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Regional Blood Flow
Time Factors