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Limitation of muscle deoxygenation in the triceps during incremental arm cranking in women

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The present study investigated the difference in oxygen kinetics in the exercising muscle between arm cranking and leg cycling in women. Twenty-seven females completed incremental arm cranking and leg cycling tests on separate days. During each exercise, spatially resolved near-infrared spectroscopy was used to measure changes in the tissue oxygen saturation (SO2), oxygenated (oxy-) hemoglobin and/or myoglobin (Hb/Mb), deoxygenated (deoxy-) Hb/Mb, and total Hb/Mb in the triceps during arm cranking and in the vastus lateralis during leg cycling. During arm cranking, there was a rapid increase in the respiratory exchange ratio and a lower ventilatory threshold compared to leg cycling, which confirmed accelerated anaerobic glycolysis in this mode of exercise. During leg cycling, SO2 remained decreased near to or until approaching peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak). During arm cranking, however, the decrease in oxy-Hb/Mb and increase in deoxy-Hb/Mb stopped at the middle of V̇O2peak (mean 51.4%), consequently resulting in a leveling off in the SO2 decrease, although total Hb/Mb continued to increase. These results might suggest that the oxygen demand in the triceps attained the maximum at that intensity, despite an adequate oxygen supply during arm cranking.

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This study was supported by the Descente and Ishimoto Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Sports Science.

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  1. Department of Human Living System Design, Kyushu University, 4-9-1 Shiobaru, Minami-ku, 815–8540, Fukuoka, Japan

    Satoshi Muraki

  2. Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Nutrition, Siebold University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Noriaki Tsunawake

  3. Department of Health Science, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Masahiro Yamasaki

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Muraki, S., Tsunawake, N. & Yamasaki, M. Limitation of muscle deoxygenation in the triceps during incremental arm cranking in women. Eur J Appl Physiol 91, 246–252 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-003-0962-8

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