Population
12 healthy males, mean age 22.4±2.9 years
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
15 minutes post-exercise
Authors
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Excess CO2 may mark muscle capillarization and buffering in athletes; hypothesis-generating, prospective studies required before clinical use.
Excess CO2 output during and after short-duration intensive exercise is influenced by muscle capillary development and nonbicarbonate buffering capacity.
Maemura et al. (2004) studied this question.
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