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Two aspects of the recovery period after endurance exercise were investigated: a) the fluid distribution between the intra- and extravascular parts of the extracellular fluid volume (ECFV) induced by exercise dehydration, b) the cardiovascular response pattern [blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), cardiac output (CO), total peripheral resistance (TPR), and central venous pressure (CVP)] to the heat load which results from the preceding exercise.
Seven conscious dogs performed endurance exercise in a cool environment (16°C) on a horizontal treadmill till 4% of the body weight was lost. It was found that about 70% of the total fluid loss of the body came from intracellular water. During exercise sodium and chloride concentrations rose by 6 mMol and 7 mMol respectively (P<0.005) and remained elevated throughout the early recovery period indicating a fluid loss of about 100–200 ml out of the ECFV. Direct measurements of the ECFV as sulfate space confirmed these values. Since the plasma volume remained unchanged, this fluid loss was carried totally by the interstitial fluid volume.
Immediately after exercise body temperature was elevated by 1.5°C and returned towards control within 90 min. Cardiac output was above control level for 2 h after the end of exercise, at first due to an increased HR and thereafter to an elevated stroke volume (SV) (P<0.02). CVP and TPR were below control levels for at least 2 h (P<0.01). A linear correlation was found between CVP and TPR.
A close correlation existed between the body temperature and the cardiovascular parameters. It can be concluded that even long after exercise the cardiovascular system has to serve thermoregulatory needs.
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This study was supported by the Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaften Köln and
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Kirsch, K., Hrynyschyn, K., v. Ameln, H. et al. Extracellular fluid volume and central circulation after long lasting exercise and dehydration in conscious dogs. Pflugers Arch. 368, 209–215 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00585198
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