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This study examined the effect of knee extension resistance exercise on muscle oxygen consumption in nonexercising forearm flexor muscles \( \left( {{\text{nonex}}\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{2{\text{mus}}}} } \right) \) after exercise. Seven healthy male subjects were performed six sets of unilateral knee extension exercise until exhaustion at 40, 60, and 80% of 1 repetition maximum (RM) on separate days. The \( {\text{nonex}}\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{2{\text{mus}}}} \) values at rest, at the end of exercise, and during recovery after exercise were measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. The \( {\text{nonex}}\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{2{\text{mus}}}} \) at the end of exercise was significantly (P < 0.05) increased by 1.8 ± 0.2, 1.7 ± 0.2, and 1.4 ± 0.3 fold over resting value at 40, 60 and 80% 1RM, respectively. \( {\text{Nonex}}\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{2{\text{mus}}}} \) returned to the resting values after 1–5 min of recovery and then showed no further significant change for all exercise intensities. This study suggests that knee extension resistance exercise at 40, 60 and 80% 1RM induced an increase in \( {\text{nonex}}\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{2{\text{mus}}}} \) and that the increase of \( {\text{nonex}}\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{2{\text{mus}}}} \) after exercise returned to resting value in several minutes.
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I would like to thank Dr. Tetsushi Moriguchi, Kagoshima University, Dr. Shiro Ichimura, Tokyo University of Science, and Dr. Jun Iwatake, Ishikawa National College of Technology, for their valuable assistance. This study was supported by the twenty-sixth research aid of the Descente and Ishimoto Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Sports Science in Japan.
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Nagasawa, T. Resistance exercise increases postexercise oxygen consumption in nonexercising muscle. Eur J Appl Physiol 104, 1053–1059 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0862-z
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