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Michel Silva Reis1, Igor Nasser, Adriano Barroco
1Research Group on Cardiorespiratory Evaluation and Rehabilitation (GECARE), Physical Therapy Department and School of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Drs Reis and Nasser); Pulmonary Function and Clinical Exercise Physiology Unit (SEFICE), Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil (Drs Barroco, Berton, and Neder); Physical Therapy Department, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago (Dr Arena); and Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Laboratory, Nucleus of Research in Physical Exercise, Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil (Dr Borghi-Silva).
Purpose:
The present study compared the level of agreement of anaerobic threshold (AT) between ventilatory and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) techniques in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and healthy subjects.
Methods:
Patients with CHF (n = 9) and a control group (CG; n = 14) underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing on a cycle ergometer until physical exhaustion. Determination of AT was performed visually by (1) ventilatory-expired gas analysis curves and (2) oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb) and deoxyhemoglobin (HHb) curves assessed by NIRS.
Results:
The CHF group presented significantly lower oxygen consumption (O2), heart rate, and workload at AT when compared with the CG measured by NIRS (P < .05). However, the effect size, measured by the Cohen d, revealed large magnitude (>0.80) in both techniques when compared between CHF patients and the CG. In addition, ventilatory and NIRS techniques demonstrated significant and very strong/strong correlations for relative O2 (r = 0.91) and heart rate (r = 0.85) in the detection of AT in the CHF group.
Conclusion:
Both ventilatory and NIRS assessments are correlated and there are no differences in the responses between CHF patients and healthy subjects in the determination of AT. These findings indicate both approaches may have utility in the assessment of submaximal exercise performance in patients with CHF.
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