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ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2013

Skeletal muscle metabolism in endurance athletes with near-infrared spectroscopy.

Jared Todd Brizendine, Terence Edward Ryan, Rebecca Dante Larson, Kevin K McCully

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Article in Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT07771010 (The Effect of Empagliflozin and Metformin on Oxidative Capacity and Microvascular Reactivity of Skeletal Muscle in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT07771010 phase4recruitingstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Empagliflozin and Metformin on Oxidative Capacity and Microvascular Reactivity of Skeletal Muscle in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Ran2026Enrolled54Registered outcomes14Posted comparisons0ConditionsDiabetes Type 2ArmsEmpagliflozin (Jardiance®), Metformin, Synjardy® 12.5mg/1000mg film-coated tablets
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Muscle Oximetry in Sports Science: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jared Todd BrizendineDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. jtbriz@uga.edu
Terence Edward Ryan
Rebecca Dante Larson
Kevin K McCully

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine whether near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurements of muscle mitochondrial function could detect the expected differences between endurance-trained athletes (n = 8) and inactive subjects (n = 8).

methodsMuscle oxygen consumption (mV˙O2) of the vastus lateralis was measured with continuous-wave NIRS using transient arterial occlusions. The recovery rate of mV˙O2 after electrical stimulation was fit to an exponential curve, with the time constant (Tc) used as an index of mitochondrial capacity. Whole-body peak oxygen uptake was determined by indirect calorimetry during a continuous ramp protocol on a cycle ergometer.

resultsWhole-body peak oxygen uptake values for endurance-trained and inactive controls were 73.5 ± 9.1 and 33.7 ± 5.9 mL·kg·min, respectively (P < 0.001). The recovery rates of mV˙O2 after exercise for endurance training were 18.4 ± 3.2 and 18.8 ± 2.5 s, whereas those for inactive controls were 32.4 ± 5.2 and 34.9 ± 5.9 s for the shallow and deep channels, respectively (P < 0.001 for comparison between groups). Resting mV˙O2 was 0.52%·s ± 0.22%·s for endurance athletes and 0.77%·s ± 0.82%·s for inactive controls (P = 0.42).

conclusionsThe recovery rates of mV˙O2 after exercise in endurance athletes were almost twofold faster than inactive subjects measured with NIRS, consistent with previous studies using muscle biopsies and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Our results support the use of NIRS measurements of the recovery of oxygen consumption to assess muscle oxidative capacity.

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AdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitochondria, MuscleMuscle, SkeletalOxygen ConsumptionPhysical EnduranceSpectroscopy, Near-Infrared

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