Exploratory Study on Oxygen Consumption On-kinetics During Treadmill Walking in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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Objective: To determine whether oxygen consumption (V o(2)) on-kinetics differed between groups of women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and sedentary but otherwise healthy controls.
Design: Exploratory case-control study.
Setting: Medical school exercise physiology laboratory.
Participants: Convenience samples of women with SLE (n=12) and sedentary but otherwise healthy controls (n=10).
Intervention: None.
Main Outcome Measures: V o(2) on-kinetics indices including time to steady state, rate constant, mean response time (MRT), transition constant, and oxygen deficit measured during bouts of treadmill walking at intensities of 3 and 5 metabolic equivalents (METs).
Results: Time to steady state and oxygen deficit were increased and rate constant was decreased in the women with SLE compared with controls. At the 5-MET energy demand, the transition constant was lower and MRT was longer in the women with SLE than in controls. For a similar relative energy expenditure that was slightly lower than the anaerobic threshold, the transition constant was higher in controls than in women with SLE.
Conclusion: V o(2) on-kinetics was prolonged in women with SLE. The prolongation was concomitant with an increase in oxygen deficit and may underlie performance fatigability in women with SLE.
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