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metabolic demand

Abbreviation: Q/VO2.
The cardiac output divided by the oxygen uptake.
See also: demand
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Sharp increase in the lactate concentration in these two events was associated with metabolic demands of high-intensity effort, predominantly anaerobic.
Physical exercise on serum electrolytes and acid base balance in Mangalarga Marchador horses submitted to cavalcade of 4, 8 and 20km/Influencia do exercicio fisico sobre o equilibrio acido base e hidroeletrolitico em cavalos da raca Mangalarga Marchador submetidos a provas de cavalgadas de 4, 8 e 20km
Mairal et al., "Perilipin 5 finetunes lipid oxidation to metabolic demand and protects against lipotoxicity in skeletal muscle," Scientific Reports, vol.
Muscle Lipid Metabolism: Role of Lipid Droplets and Perilipins
Moreover, to avoid sports injuries, training sessions can be adjusted according to metabolic demand during their maximal effort.
Critical swim speed and metabolic activities in trained male and female swimmers after 400 m free style swimming with their full effort
The RER alone also failed to detect differences in the metabolic demand induced by HII and MIC (RER: 0.77 [+ or -] 0.01 vs 0.76 [+ or -] 0.01, P=0.37, respectively; EE: 71.8 [+ or -] 2.1 vs 101.4 [+ or -] 4.5 cal/min, P=0.0001, respectively).
Oxygen uptake, respiratory exchange ratio, or total distance: a comparison of methods to equalize exercise volume in Wistar rats
Modern rate-adaptive pacemakers are designed to simulate the chronotropic response of a normal sinus node (SN), incrementally increasing the heart rate (and cardiac output) of patients with chronotropic incompetence in proportion to metabolic demands, emotional needs and stress.
Assessment of Adaptive Rate Response Provided by Accelerometer, Minute Ventilation and Dual Sensor Compared with Normal Sinus Rhythm During Exercise: A Self-controlled Study in Chronotropically Competent Subjects
Abnormal kinematics and associated compensations may be overemphasized as the cause of the high metabolic demand in individuals with lower-limb amputations [14].
Does unilateral transtibial amputation lead to greater metabolic demand during walking?
The balance of iron in the body primarily is a combined result of three dynamics- intake, losses and metabolic demand.
Global IV Iron Drugs Market Report: 2014 Edition - New Report by Koncept Analytics
Thus, the knowledge about the effects of the environment, along with the physiological and metabolic demand of a lifesaving rescue in surf beaches, could further contribute to BLGs training prescription.
Physiological and metabolic responses to rescue simulation in surf beach lifeguarding
The promising reality here is that for any given amount of weight support, metabolic demand can be increased by increasing walking or running speed.
Revising RICE
Normally CBF is coupled to metabolic demand of tissue, with normal flow greater than 50 ml/100 g/min.
Raised intracranial pressure: what it is and how to recognise it
(6) The brain has numerous physiological mechanisms to maintain blood flow to meet metabolic demand, without jeopardising the delicate balance of factors that maintain ICP.
Too much pressure on the brain
Heart failure (HF) is defined as an inadequate ability by the heart to pump enough blood to meet the blood-flow and metabolic demand of the body.
Heart patient intervention

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