Maintained peak leg and pulmonary VO 2 despite substantial reduction in muscle mitochondrial capacity

• Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
• Main Authors: Boushel, Robert, Gnaiger, E., Larsen, F. J., Helge, J. W., González-Alonso, J., Ara, I., Munch-Andersen, T., van Hall, G., Søndergaard, Hans, Saltin, B., Calbet, J. A. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Max Peak
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/maintained-peak-leg-and-pulmonary-vo2-despite-substantial-reduction-in-muscle-mitochondrial-capacity(d2a94ce4-adf1-4be7-966b-683964a7c4d0).html; https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12613

We recently reported the circulatory and muscle oxidative capacities of the arm after prolonged low-intensity skiing in the arctic (Boushel et al., 2014). In the present study, leg VO 2 was measured by the Fick method during leg cycling while muscle mitochondrial capacity was examined on a biopsy of...