In highly trained males performing severe-intensity running, a significant decrease in oxygen uptake and minute ventilation occurs before exhaustion in a subset of individuals.
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VO2 decline before exhaustion in some runners is hypothesis-generating; larger studies needed to clarify prevalence and testing implications.
Perrey et al. (2002) studied this question.
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