1. Ventilation: a Reliable Indicator of Oxygen Consumption During Physical Activities of Various Intensities? (P222).
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Gastinger, S., Nicolas, G., Sorel, A., Gratas-Delamarche, A., Zouha, H., Delamarche, P., and Prioux, J.
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Several methods have tried to quantify physical activity using the relation between heart rate (HR) and oxygen consumption ( ]> O
2 ). Considering the limits of this relation, we focus our work on another physiological index: ventilation ( ]>E ). The aim of this study is to show that ]>E is more strongly correlated with ]> O2 than HR. Eight male subjects carried out four physical activities of various intensities: walking at 4 km.h−1 , walking at 4 km.h−1 with load, running at 8 km.h−1 and cycling at 60 W. The ventilatory parameters ( ]> O2 and ]>E ) were measured by a portable indirect calorimetry system (VO2000 MedGraphics) and HR was measured with a cardiofrequencemeter. Coefficients of determination (r2 linear) of the relations ]> O2 =f( ]>E ) and ]> O2 =f(HR) were calculated for each subject (on each activity [r2 Ttot : 64 regressions], on all the four activities [r2 4activities : 16 regressions]) and then for the eight subjects joined together on all the four activities (r2 global : 2 regressions). Results showed that the r2 Ttot of the relation ]> O2 =f( ]>E ) were significantly higher than those of the relation ]> O2 =f(HR) for the tasks: walking at 4 km.h−1 (p<0.001), walking at 4 km.h−1 with load (p<0.001), running at 8 km.h−1 (p<0.05). The mean values of r2 4activity of the relation ]> O2 =f( ]>E ) were significantly higher than those of the relation ]> O2 =f(HR)(p≤0.001). Finally, the r2 global of the relation ]> O2 =f( ]>E ) were higher than those of the relation ]> O2 =f(HR). In view of these results, it seems that ]>E is more strongly correlated with ]> O2 than HR. This approach seems very promising in order to develop a new method for the quantification of physical activity. Nevertheless, other experiments with a more significant number of subjects and activities have to be carried out to validate this first study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2008
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