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  • Title: Ventilation's role in the decline in VO2max and SaO2 in acute hypoxic exercise.
    Author: Gavin TP, Derchak PA, Stager JM.
    Journal: Med Sci Sports Exerc; 1998 Feb; 30(2):195-9. PubMed ID: 9502345.
    Abstract:
    The role of ventilation in the response in aerobic capacity and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) to acute hypoxic exercise was studied in 13 healthy active men divided into two groups based on their normoxic maximal exercise VE/VO2 (LOW < or =27.7; HIGH > or = 30.2) and PAO2 estimates (LOW < or = 107 mm Hg; HIGH > or = 110 mm Hg). Groups performed two incremental progressive maximal cycle exercise (VO2max) tests: normoxia (FIO2 = 20.9%) and acute hypoxia (FIO2 = 13.3%). To evaluate the influence of hypoxic ventilatory drive on ventilation, resting hypoxic ventilatory response (rHVR) was measured. LOW demonstrated lower ventilatory responses (VE, VE/VO2, and VE/VCO2) during both normoxic and hypoxic exercise (P < or = 0.05). During maximal hypoxic exercise, LOW had a greater decline in both VO2max (21.6 mL x kg(-1) x min(-1) vs 16.6 mL x kg(-1) x min[-1]) and SaO2 (31.9% vs 22.1%). Modest but significant correlations were identified between normoxic VE/VO2 and the decline in both VO2max (r = -0.62) and SaO2 (r = -0.60). No correlations were identified between rHVR and any ventilatory response or SaO2. In summary, the results from this study suggest that a low exercise-induced hyperventilatory response is a significant mechanism in the arterial desaturation observed during hypoxic exercise and the decline in aerobic capacity associated with this desaturation. However, the ventilatory response to hypoxic exercise is not dependent upon hypoxic ventilatory drive.
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