An integrative perspective of the anaerobic threshold

The concept of anaerobic threshold (AT) was introduced during the nineteen sixties. Since then, several methods to identify the anaerobic threshold (AT) have been studied and suggested as novel ‘thresholds’ based upon the variable used for its detection (i.e. lactate threshold, ventilatory threshold...

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Published in:Physiology & behavior 2019-06, Vol.205, p.29-32
Main Authors: Sales, Marcelo Magalhães, Sousa, Caio Victor, da Silva Aguiar, Samuel, Knechtle, Beat, Nikolaidis, Pantelis Theodoros, Alves, Polissandro Mortoza, Simões, Herbert Gustavo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerobic exercise
Anaerobic Threshold - physiology
Autonomic nervous system
Blood glucose
Blood pressure
Catecholamines
Exercise - physiology
Heart rate
Humans
Lactate
Methods
Ventilation
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Summary:The concept of anaerobic threshold (AT) was introduced during the nineteen sixties. Since then, several methods to identify the anaerobic threshold (AT) have been studied and suggested as novel ‘thresholds’ based upon the variable used for its detection (i.e. lactate threshold, ventilatory threshold, glucose threshold). These different techniques have brought some confusion about how we should name this parameter, for instance, anaerobic threshold or the physiological measure used (i.e. lactate, ventilation). On the other hand, the modernization of scientific methods and apparatus to detect AT, as well as the body of literature formed in the past decades, could provide a more cohesive understanding over the AT and the multiple physiological systems involved. Thus, the purpose of this review was to provide an integrative perspective of the methods to determine AT. •Low-cost and high application methods to identify the anaerobic threshold.•It is possible to identify the anaerobic threshold regardless the population.•Individual method for aerobic exercise prescription.
ISSN:0031-9384
1873-507X
DOI:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.12.015