This study aims to measure and compare the metabolic response during sub maximal eccentric and concentric isokinetic exercise performed to exhaustion. Fourteen healthy female participants in the early phase of the menstrual cycle will perform concentric exercise with one lower limb and eccentric exercise with the contralateral limb. The assignment of exercise mode to limb and the order of testing will be randomized. The exercise protocol will consist of repeated knee extensor contractions on an isokinetic dynamometer for 10 minutes at 40% of maximal torque, followed by exercise at 70% of maximal torque until exhaustion. Oxygen consumption and respiratory quotient and will be measured continuously throughout exercise using open-circuit spirometry. Muscle oxygenation will be measured also continuously using near infrared spectroscopy. Lactate and pH concentration will be measured at frequent time points during the exercise to exhaustion.
Age range
18 Years – 30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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Oxygen consumption
Timeframe: From the first intervention to the last intervention 2 weeks
Muscle oxygenation
Timeframe: From the first intervention to the last intervention 2 weeks
Duration of the isokinetic exercise
Timeframe: From the first intervention to the last intervention 2 weeks