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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose was to characterize gas exchange kinetics following the on-transient of exercise in men aged 30-80 yr. Forty-six men completed square wave exercise tests from loadless cycling to subventilatory threshold (V(E)T) work rates with gas exchange measured breath-by-breath. Signal averaged data were fit with a monoexponential equation to derive time constants (tau) for gas exchange and ventilation (tau VO2, tau VCO2, tau VE) and heart rate (tau HR). There was a significant slowing of ventilation and gas exchange kinetics across age with linear regression yielding an increase of 0.67 s.yr-1 for tau VO2 (39 s in young to 61 s in old), 0.57 s.yr-1 for tau VCO2, and 0.65 s.yr-1 for tau VE, whereas tau HR (44 to 41 s) was not changed significantly. The slowed VO2 kinetics with age may reflect limitations in muscle blood flow or in control of the rate of oxidative metabolism. The less marked slowing of tau VCO2 compared with tau VO2 across age may reflect reduced CO2 storage capacity with loss of muscle tissue. The tau VE change across age was similar to that for tau VCO2 (tau VE/tau VCO2 unchanged). The present study demonstrated marked age-related slowing of gas exchange dynamics at exercise onset.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0195-9131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
440-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Exercise on-transient gas exchange kinetics are slowed as a function of age.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Activity and Ageing, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't