Time to Exhaustion at the Respiratory Compensation Point in Recreational Cyclists
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | All Subjects (n = 60) | Low-Performance Group (n = 30) | High-Performance Group (n = 30) | p-Value | ES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 37 ± 9 | 40 ± 7 | 34 ± 11 | 0.015 | 0.65 |
Weight (kg) | 78 ± 8 | 81 ± 7 | 74 ± 8 | 0.001 | 0.93 |
Height (cm) | 177 ± 7 | 178 ± 6 | 177 ± 8 | 0.822 | 0.14 |
BMI (kg∙m−2) | 24.6 ± 2.3 | 25.6 ± 1.8 | 23.6 ± 2.4 | 0.001 | 0.93 |
VO2peak (mL∙kg−1∙min−1) | 50 ± 8 | 44 ± 3 | 56 ± 6 | <0.001 | 2.52 |
MAP (W∙kg−1) | 4.20 ± 0.70 | 3.73 ± 0.38 | 4.86 ± 0.56 | <0.001 | 2.36 |
MAP (W) | 323 ± 40 | 302 ± 35 | 344 ± 33 | <0.001 | 0.55 |
RCP (W∙kg−1) | 3.27 ± 0.57 | 2.90 ± 0.41 | 3.63 ± 0.47 | <0.001 | 1.65 |
RCP (W) | 251 ± 37 | 234 ± 36 | 268 ± 29 | <0.001 | 1.04 |
RCP (% VO2peak) | 85 ± 6 | 85 ± 6 | 86 ± 6 | 0.412 | 0.16 |
Variable | r | p-Value |
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tlim at MAP (min) | −0.193 | 0.306 |
RCP (mL∙kg∙min−1) | −0.044 | 0.737 |
RCP (% VO2peak) | −0.184 | 0.160 |
VO2peak (mL∙kg∙min−1) | 0.030 | 0.822 |
MAP (W∙kg−1) | −0.016 | 0.903 |
MAP (W) | −0.119 | 0.367 |
RCP (W∙kg−1) | −0.172 | 0.190 |
RCP (W) | −0.291 | 0.024 * |
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Moral-González, S.; González-Sánchez, J.; Valenzuela, P.L.; García-Merino, S.; Barbado, C.; Lucia, A.; Foster, C.; Barranco-Gil, D. Time to Exhaustion at the Respiratory Compensation Point in Recreational Cyclists. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6352. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176352
Moral-González S, González-Sánchez J, Valenzuela PL, García-Merino S, Barbado C, Lucia A, Foster C, Barranco-Gil D. Time to Exhaustion at the Respiratory Compensation Point in Recreational Cyclists. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6352. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176352
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoral-González, Susana, Javier González-Sánchez, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Sonia García-Merino, Carlos Barbado, Alejandro Lucia, Carl Foster, and David Barranco-Gil. 2020. "Time to Exhaustion at the Respiratory Compensation Point in Recreational Cyclists" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6352. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176352