Johnson, M.A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8226-9438, Sharpe, G.R.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4575-2332 and Brown, P.I.,
2009.
Investigations of the lactate minimum test.
International Journal of Sports Medicine, 30 (6), pp. 448-454.
ISSN 0172-4622
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Abstract
We evaluated: the agreement between lactate minimum and maximal lactate steady state (MLSS) cycling powers (study 1); whether rates of change of blood lactate concentration during the lactate minimum test reflect that of constant power exercise (study 2); whether the lactate minimum power is influenced by the muscle groups used to elevate blood lactate concentration (study 3).
Study 1: 32 subjects performed a lactate minimum test comprising a lactate elevation phase, recovery phase, and incremental phase (five 4 min stages); MLSS was subsequently determined.
Study 2: 8 subjects performed a lactate minimum test and five 22 min constant power tests at the incremental phase exercise intensities.
Study 3: 10 subjects performed two identical lactate minimum tests, except during the second test the lactate elevation phase comprised arm-cranking. Lactate minimum and MLSS powers demonstrated good agreement (mean bias ± 95% limits of agreement: 2±22 W). Rates of change of blood lactate concentration during each incremental phase stage and corresponding constant power test did not correlate. Lactate minimum power was lowered when arm-cranking was used during the lactate elevation phase (157±29 vs. 168±21 W; p<0.05). The lactate elevation phase modifies blood lactate concentration responses during the incremental phase, thus good agreement between lactate minimum and MLSS powers seems fortuitous.
Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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Publication Title: | International Journal of Sports Medicine | ||||
Creators: | Johnson, M.A., Sharpe, G.R. and Brown, P.I. | ||||
Publisher: | Georg Thieme Verlag KG | ||||
Place of Publication: | Stuttgart | ||||
Date: | 2009 | ||||
Volume: | 30 | ||||
Number: | 6 | ||||
ISSN: | 0172-4622 | ||||
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Rights: | © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York | ||||
Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||
Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:14 | ||||
Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2022 11:20 | ||||
URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9877 |
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