Why the study?
Does sex impact the cerebrovascular response to incremental aerobic exercise in moderately trained endurance athletes?
Does sex impact the cerebrovascular response to incremental aerobic exercise in moderately trained endurance athletes?
The cerebrovascular response to incremental aerobic exercise is comparable between moderately trained male and female endurance athletes, despite differences in arterial carbon dioxide and cardiac output.
Comparable cerebrovascular responses during exhaustive exercise should not yet alter monitoring or guidelines by sex; leaves open differential clinical risks in larger cohorts.
The results of this study suggest the cerebrovascular response between moderately endurance-trained males and females is comparable in spite of a higher arterial carbon dioxide and cardiac output in males compared with females during incremental aerobic exercise until volitional exhaustion. This could help in providing a better understanding of the key differences in cerebral blood flow regulation between males and females during aerobic exercise.
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