Ammonia production following maximal exercise: treadmill vs. bicycle testing

From a population of 20 healthy male volunteers, half performed constant speed, incremental load maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) tests on a motor-driven treadmill, while the other half performed similar VO2max tests on a bicycle ergometer. The two groups, matched for size and age, showed no signif...

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Published inEuropean journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 169
Main Authors Wilkerson, J E, Batterton, D L, Horvath, S M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 01.01.1975
Subjects
Adult
Ammonia - blood
Heart Rate
Humans
Lactates - blood
Male
Oxygen Consumption
Physical Exertion
Pyruvates - blood
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Summary:From a population of 20 healthy male volunteers, half performed constant speed, incremental load maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) tests on a motor-driven treadmill, while the other half performed similar VO2max tests on a bicycle ergometer. The two groups, matched for size and age, showed no significant differences in VO2max, maximum heart rate, or in post-exercise (4 min ) peripheral venous blood concentrations of lactete or pyruvate. However, post-exercise peripheral venous blood ammonia levels were significantly higher in the group tested on the bicycle ergometer than in the treadmill group.
ISSN:0301-5548
DOI:10.1007/bf00999929