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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Skeletal muscle capillarity expressed as capillary density (CD), and number of capillaries per fibre (C/F), as well as the mean fibre cross-sectional area (FCSA), were determined in the extensor digitorum longus (EDL), plantaris (PLA) and soleus (SOL) muscles of four groups of eight rodents trained on a swimming exercise programme (T) or maintained sedentary (S), at sea level (SL) or at simulated altitude (HA), barometric pressure 61.7 kPa (463 torr) for 12 weeks. It was shown that both HA exposure and endurance training decreased body and skeletal muscles weights (P less than 0.001). However, neither HA exposure nor endurance training induce any variation in relative importance in the skeletal muscle mass. Altitude exposure and endurance training had increasing effects on CD in all muscles studied (P less than 0.001). This study confirms the fact that altitude exposure has no direct effect on capillary development. On the other hand, the capillary supply of the several slow- and fast-twitch skeletal muscles studied is increased by endurance training. This real enhancement in capillary network is ascertained by an increase in the C/F ratio (+7%, +26%, +16%, in PLA, EDL, and SOL muscles, respectively at sea level, and +19.5%, +30%, and +14% respectively at HA). These results indicate that the effects of chronic exercise on skeletal muscle capillarity estimated by the C/F ratio, are greater in an hypobaric environment than in a SL environment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0031-6768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
419
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of chronic hypoxia and endurance training on muscle capillarity in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Division de Physiologie Métabolique et Hormonale, CERMA/CEV, Brétigny/Orge, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article