• Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. · Nov 2002

    Comparative Study

    Oxygen uptake and heart rate kinetics during heavy exercise: a comparison between arm cranking and leg cycling.

    • Donald A Schneider, Andrew N Wing, and Norman R Morris.
    • School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 9726 Queensland, Australia. D.Schneider@mailbox.gu.edu.au
    • Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 2002 Nov 1;88(1-2):100-6.

    AbstractThis study examined the oxygen uptake (VO(2)) and heart rate (HR) kinetics during arm cranking and leg cycling at work rates above the anaerobic threshold (AT). Ten untrained male subjects [21.6 (1.3) years] completed two 7 min 15 s constant-load arm cranking and two leg cycling tests at a power output halfway between the mode-specific AT and peak VO(2). The time constants for phase II VO(2) (tau) and HR (tau) kinetics were determined by fitting a monoexponential curve from the end of phase I until 3 min of exercise. VO(2) tau and HR tau values were significantly (P < 0.001) slower in arm cranking [VO(2) tau = 66.4 (3.0) s; HR tau = 74.7 (4.4) s] than in leg cycling [VO(2) tau = 42.0 (1.9) s; HR tau = 55.6 (3.5) s]. The VO(2) slow component (VO(2SC)) accounted for a significantly (P < 0.001) greater percentage of the total exercise response during arm cranking [23.8 (1.6)%] than during leg cycling [14.2 (1.5)%]. The greater relative VO(2SC) and the slower VO(2) tau with arm exercise are consistent with a greater recruitment of metabolically inefficient type II muscle fibres during arm cranking than during leg cycling.

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