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Cardiovascular drift during prolonged exercise: new perspectives
1Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. coyle@mail.utexas.edu
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
|May 8, 2001
Abstract:
We propose that cardiovascular drift, characterized by a progressive decline in stroke volume after 10-20 min of exercise, is primarily due to increased heart rate rather tahn a progressive increase in cutaneous blood flow as body temperature rises.