Impaired aerobic function in patients with cystic fibrosis during ramp exercise

Saynor, Zoe Louise, Barker, Alan Robert, Oades, Patrick John and Williams, Craig Anthony (2014) Impaired aerobic function in patients with cystic fibrosis during ramp exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46 (12), 2271-2278. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000000369).

Abstract

Purpose: this study aimed to document the matching of muscle O₂ delivery to O₂ use in young patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) from muscle deoxygenation (HHb) dynamics during ramp exercise.

Methods: ten patients with stable, mild-to-moderate CF (12.7 ± 2.8 yr) and 10 healthy controls (CON, 12.8 ± 2.8 yr) completed a combined ramp and supramaximal cycling test to determine maximal O₂ uptake (V˙O_2max). Changes in gas exchange and ventilation, HR, and m. vastus lateralis HHb (near-infrared spectroscopy) were assessed. Δ[HHb]-work rate and Δ[HHb]-V˙O₂ profiles were normalized and fit using a sigmoid function.

Results: aerobic function was impaired in CF, indicated by very likely reduced fat-free mass-normalized V˙O_2max (mean difference, ±90% confidence interval: −7.9 mL·kg−1·min−1, ±6.1), very likely lower V˙O₂ gain (−1.44 mL·min−1·W−1, ±1.12), and a likely slower V˙O₂ mean response time (11 s, ±13). An unclear effect was found upon the absolute and relative work rate (−14 W, ±44, and −0.7% peak power output, ±12.0, respectively) and the absolute and percentage (−0.10 L·min−1, ±0.43, and 3.3% V˙O_2max, ±6.0) V˙O₂ corresponding to 50% Δ[HHb] amplitude, respectively, between groups. However, arterial oxygen saturation (SpO₂) was very likely lower in CF (−1%, ±1) and demonstrated moderate-to–very large relations with parameters of aerobic function.

Conclusions: young patients with mild-to-moderate CF present with impaired aerobic function during ramp incremental cycling exercise. Because the rate of fractional O₂ extraction during ramp cycling exercise was not altered by CF, yet SpO₂ was lower, the present findings support the notion of centrally mediated oxygen delivery to principally limit the aerobic function of pediatric patients with CF during ramp incremental cycling exercise.

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Author: Zoe Louise Saynor

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