The slope of the oxygen pulse curve does not depend on the maximal heart rate in elite soccer players

It is unknown whether an extremely high heart rate can affect oxygen pulse profile during progressive maximal exercise in healthy subjects. Our aim was to compare relative oxygen pulse (adjusted for body weight) curves in athletes at their maximal heart rate during treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise...

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Published in:Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Brazil), 2011-01, Vol.66 (5), p.829-835
Main Authors: Perim, Raphael Rodrigues, Signorelli, Gabriel Ruiz, Myers, Jonathan, Arena, Ross, de Araújo, Claudio Gil Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Angola
Athletes
Body Weight
Brazil
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Clinical Science
Exercise Test - methods
Exercise Tolerance - physiology
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Male
Maximum oxygen consumption
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Oxygen Consumption - physiology
Ramp protocol
Respiratory Function Tests
Retrospective Studies
Soccer
Soccer - physiology
Stroke Volume - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:It is unknown whether an extremely high heart rate can affect oxygen pulse profile during progressive maximal exercise in healthy subjects. Our aim was to compare relative oxygen pulse (adjusted for body weight) curves in athletes at their maximal heart rate during treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise testing. A total of 180 elite soccer players were categorized in quartiles according to their maximum heart rate values (n  =  45). Oxygen consumption, maximum heart rate and relative oxygen pulse curves in the extreme quartiles, Q1 and Q4, were compared at intervals corresponding to 10% of the total duration of a cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Oxygen consumption was similar among all subjects during cardiopulmonary exercise testing; however subjects in Q1 started to exhibit lower maximum heart rate values when 20% of the test was complete. Conversely, the relative oxygen pulse was higher in this group when cardiopulmonary exercise testing was 40% complete (p
ISSN:1807-5932
1980-5322
1980-5322
DOI:10.1590/S1807-59322011000500020