The oxygen transport cascade describes the physiological steps that bring atmospheric
oxygen into the body where it is delivered and consumed by metabolically active tissue. As …

The energy demand imposed by physical exercise on the components of the oxygen
transport and utilization system requires a close link between cellular and external …

Despite its crucial importance, scientists interested in the limitations of human physical
performance have only just started to give the field of oxygen uptake kinetics the attention it …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the historical record distinguishing the major
contributors to the knowledge in this area of the oxygen transport system. The ability to study …

Three sentinel parameters of aerobic performance are the maximal oxygen uptake (), critical
power (CP) and speed of the kinetics following exercise onset. Of these, the latter is …

Studies of animal physiology not only provide valuable knowledge for the species in
question, but also offer insights into human physiology. This thought is best highlighted by …

Oxygen uptake has been studied in the transitions between rest and exercise for more than
100 years, yet the mechanisms regulating the rate of increase in oxidative metabolism …

Muscular exercise requires transitions to and from metabolic rates often exceeding an order
of magnitude above resting and places prodigious demands on the oxidative machinery and …

It is well established that a period of sufficiently increased physical activity (training)
produces several tissue and organ level adaptations that enable a greater intensity of …

Increases in oxidative stress or decreases in antioxidant capacity, or redox imbalance, are
known to alter physiological function and has been suggested to influence performance. To …