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Comparison of hyperthermic hyperpnea elicited during rest and submaximal, moderate-intensity exercise

¹Institute of Health and Sports Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City; and ²Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Submitted 3 February 2007 ; accepted in final form 29 December 2007

We tested the hypothesis that, in humans, hyperthermic hyperpnea elicited in resting subjects differs from that elicited during submaximal, moderate-intensity exercise. In the rest trial, hot-water legs-only immersion and a water-perfused suit were used to increase esophageal temperature (T_es) in 19 healthy male subjects; in the exercise trial, T_es was increased by prolonged submaximal cycling [50% peak O₂ uptake (O₂)] in the heat (35°C). Minute ventilation (E), ventilatory equivalent for O₂ (E/O₂) and CO₂ output (E/CO₂), tidal volume (VT), and respiratory frequency (f) were plotted as functions of T_es. In the exercise trial, E increased linearly with increases (from 37.0 to 38.7°C) in T_es in all subjects; in the rest trial, 14 of the 19 subjects showed a T_es threshold for hyperpnea (37.8 ± 0.5°C). Above the threshold for hyperpnea, the slope of the regression line relating E and T_es was significantly greater for the rest than the exercise trial. Moreover, the slopes of the regression lines relating E/O₂, E/CO₂, and T_es were significantly greater for the rest than the exercise trial. The increase in E reflected increases in VT and f in the rest trial, but only f in the exercise trial, after an initial increase in ventilation due to VT. Finally, the slope of the regression line relating T_es and VT or f was significantly greater for the rest than the exercise trial. These findings indicate that hyperthermic hyperpnea does indeed differ, depending on whether one is at rest or exercising at submaximal, moderate intensity.

thermoregulation; evaporative heat loss; ventilatory pattern

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