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J Appl Physiol 73: 1287-1290, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 4 1287-1290, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Potassium and ventilation during incremental exercise in trained and untrained men

M. McCoy and M. Hargreaves
Exercise Metabolism Unit, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

The present investigation was undertaken to examine the relationship between plasma potassium (K+) and ventilation (VE) during incremental exercise. Blood lactate (La-) was also measured, and its relationship with VE was similarly examined. Eight endurance-trained triathletes (ET) and eight active but untrained men (UT) performed an incremental cycling test to volitional fatigue. Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and oxygen uptake (VO2) at lactate threshold (LT) were higher (P < 0.05) in ET (VO2max 4.60 +/- 0.10 l/min, LT 2.77 +/- 0.85 l/min) than in UT (VO2max 3.79 +/- 0.11 l/min, LT 1.94 +/- 0.60 l/min). There were significant (P < 0.05) correlations between VE and K+ (UT 0.87, ET 0.77) and between VE and La- (UT 0.88, ET 0.85). In ET compared with UT, VE was lower (P < 0.05) at 330 W, K+ was lower at 300 and 330 W, and La- was lower at all work loads > 90 W. These results suggest that K+ may make an important contribution to the regulation of ventilation during incremental exercise and that endurance training attenuates the K+ response to that exercise.


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