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  • Title: A comparison of gas exchange indices used to detect the anaerobic threshold.
    Author: Caiozzo VJ, Davis JA, Ellis JF, Azus JL, Vandagriff R, Prietto CA, McMaster WC.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol; 1982 Nov; 53(5):1184-9. PubMed ID: 7174412.
    Abstract:
    This study was undertaken to determine which of four commonly used ventilatory or gas exchange indices provides the most accurate and reliable detection of the anaerobic threshold (AT). Sixteen subjects performed two cycle ergometer tests to volitional fatigue. After 4 min of unloaded cycling, the work rate was increased 20 W/min. Ventilatory and gas exchange measurements were made every 30 s throughout each test. During one of the two tests (randomly assigned), venous blood was also sampled every 30 s for subsequent determinations of blood lactate (HLa) concentration. Four ventilatory and gas exchange indices (VE, VCO2, R, VE/VO2) were used separately to detect the AT. The AT determined from systematic increases in HLa concentration was used as the criterion measure. AT values (means +/- SE) (VO2, l/min) using VE, VCO2, R, VE/VO2, and HLa were 1.79 +/- 0.11, 1.74 +/- 0.11, 1.58 +/- 0.06, 1.84 +/- 0.11, and 1.85 +/- 0.11 l/min, respectively. The highest correlation between a ventilatory or gas exchange AT and ATHLa (i.e., criterion measure) was found for VE/VO2 (r=0.93, P less than 0.001). The VE/VO2 also provided the highest test-retest correlation for detection of the AT (r = 0.93, P less than 0.001). Multiple correlational analyses did not significantly enhance detection of the AT. These results favor the use of VE/VO2 for noninvasive detection of the AT because it proved to be the most sensitive and reliable ventilatory or gas exchange index studied.
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