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Muscle Oxygenation by Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Lactate Thresholds in Endurance Trained and Recreationally Active Cyclists

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The development of noninvasive near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to monitor tissue oxyghemoglobin/myoglobin saturation provides a means of continuously and noninvasively monitoring muscle oxygenation during exercise (1-3). The lactate threshold has been. used to gauge endurance training (4,5). It would be of interest to determine whether the noninvasive monitoring of muscle oxygenation can be used as a surrogate marker of lactate threshold or as a gauge of conditioning during endurance training. The ability to identify the lactate threshold by a noninvasive, continuous monitor such as NIRS would greatly aid athletes in assessing their level of performance during training and to guide that training.

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Nemoto, E.M., Ladewig, M., Robertson, R. (2003). Muscle Oxygenation by Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Lactate Thresholds in Endurance Trained and Recreationally Active Cyclists. In: Wilson, D.F., Evans, S.M., Biaglow, J., Pastuszko, A. (eds) Oxygen Transport To Tissue XXIII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 510. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0205-0_45

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