Population
20 adult dogs, anesthetized with alpha-chloralose, intubated, and mechanically ventilated on room air
Comparison
5-minute electrical stimulation periods at rates… vs Resting state
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for O2 delivery limiting VO2max in canine muscle; leaves open human translation.
In canine skeletal muscle, maximal exercise leads to near-complete reduction of cytochrome a,a3, indicating that VO2max is primarily limited by O2 delivery rather than mitochondrial ATP production.
Duhaylongsod et al. (1993) studied this question.
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