Why the study?
Does one-legged endurance training improve leg blood flow and oxygen extraction during whole-body cycling exercise?
Comparison
One-legged endurance training vs Untrained leg
Design
Other
Authors
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Local gains from one-legged training do not raise whole-body VO2 max; leaves open targeted use in patients with peripheral limitations.
Does one-legged endurance training improve leg blood flow and oxygen extraction during whole-body cycling exercise?
Endurance training improves local leg blood flow and oxygen uptake during whole-body exercise, despite a central limitation to overall VO2 max.
Rud et al. (2011) studied this question.
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