Cover; Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Sport, Exercise and Medicine; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1: Introduction to Oxygen Uptake Kinetics and Historical Development of the Discipline; A Brief Note on the History of Oxygen and Modern Man; Historical Development of the Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry of Oxygen Utilization; Some of the Founders of the Fields of 'VO2 Kinetics'; Oxygen Uptake Kinetics; What is VO2 and What are VO2 Kinetics?; Parameters of Aerobic Energy Metabolism.
3: The Kinetics of Oxygen Uptake: Physiological inferences from the ParametersIntroduction; Basic Features of the Exponential; Phases of the Response; Fitting the Data or Characteizing the Response?; Confidence and Parameterization; Physiological Inferfnces from the Parameters; Intensity Domains; Appendix; Glossary of Terms; References; 4: Effect of Exercise Modality on VO2 Kinetics; Introduction; Comparison of VO2 Kinetics in Running and Cycling; Concentric vs Eccentric Exercise; Posture and Perfusion; Arm Exercise; Glossary of Terms; References; 5: VO2 Dynamics in Different Species.
Constant Work-Rate ExerciseExercise Intensity Domains; Model Characterization of VO2 Kinetics; Key Controversies in VO2 Kinetics Research; Glossary Terms; References; Part II: Theory and Practice of Measuring VO2 Kinetics; 2: Measuring VO2 Kinetics; Introduction; Measurement of Breath-by-Breath VO2; VO2 measured at the Mouth; VO2 at the Alveolar Level; Analysis of Breath-by-Breath VO2 Kinetics; Data Processing; Kinetics Analysis Techniques and Modelling; Measurement of muscle VO2 in Humans; Muscle blood Flow; a-vO2 Difference; Muscle VO2; Conclusions; Glossary of Terms; References.
IntroductionHorse; VO2 Kinetics in the Horse; VO2 Kinetics in the POny; Comparison of the Horse and Human; Why are VO2 Kinetics so Fast in the Horse; Applications; Dog; Whole body vs Isolated Muscle Preparations; Dog Isolated Muscle VO2 Kinetics; Mechanicsms Responsible for Rapid VO2 on-KInetics in the Dog; Rodents; Invertebrates and Reptiles; Amphibians; Whole Muscle; Single Myocytes; Conclusion; Glossary of Terms; References; Part III: Mechanistic Bases of VO2 Kinetics; 6: Relationship Between VO2 Response at the Mouth and Across the Exercising Muscles; Introduction.
Pulmonary VO2 on-KineticsMouth vs Muscle; Muscle VO2; Conclusions; Glossary of Terms; References; 7: Intramuscular Phosphate and Pulmonary VO2 Kinetics During Exercise: Implications for Control of Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Consumption; Introduction; Variables of Interest; Spatial Considerations; Simultaneous Determination of Intramuscular Phosphates and VO2; Kinetic Profiles; Heterogeneity of Pi Kinetics; Interpreting control; Summary; Glossary of Terms; References; 8: Regulation of VO2 on-Kinetics by O2 Delivery; Introduction; Evidence for Slower VO2 Kinetics in Moderate Exercise.