Why the study?
It was unknown whether breathing adaptations seen in well-trained individuals, such as lower minute ventilation and higher end-tidal partial pressure of CO2 at a given work rate, also applied to elite long-distance runners.
Do elite long-distance runners exhibit lower minute ventilation and higher end-tidal partial pressure of CO2 compared to lower-performing and middle-distance runners?
Comparison
High vs low performance-level long-distance runners vs middle-distance runners
Design
Cross-sectional comparative study
Authors
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May distinguish top-tier from lesser elite runners when VO2max cannot; extends well-trained breathing adaptations and leaves open trainability.
Do elite long-distance runners exhibit lower minute ventilation and higher end-tidal partial pressure of CO2 compared to lower-performing and middle-distance runners?
Breathing patterns with lower minute ventilation and higher end-tidal CO2 are relevant adaptation markers for assessing endurance race performance in elite long-distance runners.
Sakamoto et al. (2024) studied this question.
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