This article provides a snapshot of muscle near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) at the end of
2010 summarizing the recent literature, offering the present status and perspectives of the …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been shown to be one of the tools that can measure
oxygenation in muscle and other tissues in vivo. This review paper highlights the progress …

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a powerful noninvasive tool with which to study the
matching of oxygen delivery to oxygen utilization and the number of new publications …

The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of in vivo quantitative near‐infrared
spectroscopy (NIRS) in skeletal muscle at various workloads. NIRS was used for the …

In most daily activities related to work or leisure, the energy for muscle work substantially
comes from oxidative metabolism. Functional limitations or impairments of this metabolism …

In the last 15 years the study of the human muscle energetics in sports medicine underwent
a radical change thanks to the progressive introduction of non-invasive techniques …

Over the past 15 years the use of near infrared spectroscopy in exercise and sports science
has increased exponentially. The majority of these studies have used this noninvasive …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measures hemoglobin saturation in small vessels. A
number of interesting studies have used this method. However, difficulties with signal …

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of assuming constant reduced scattering
coefficient (μ) on the muscle oxygenation response to incremental exercise and its recovery …

Recent advances in materials and fabrication techniques provided portable, performant,
sensing optical spectrometers readily operated by user-friendly cabled or wireless systems …