Cardiopulmonary excercise breath-by-breath data during locomotion in 6 healthy young subjects
Description
Ergospyrometric evaluations are useful in physio-mechanics of locomotion. This dataset includes the raw ergospyrometric data of 6 young subjects during locomotion on a treadmill at different speeds and gaits. Characteristics of the experimental group: - gender: 5 males and 1 female - age: 26.5 (2.3 SD) - height: 171.5 cm (5.5 SD) - weight: 72.2 kg (7.5 SD) Equipments: - Cosmed K5 wearable metabolic analyzer - Software Cosmed Omnia v.1.6.5 Experimental design: Subjects were first asked to stand in orthostasis for 5' in order to assess their oxygen consumption in resting conditions. Then they were asked to walk, run and gallop (skipping) on the treadmill. Trial lasted 5' each, in order to reach a stable oxygen consumption during the last 2' of each one. Walk: the walking trials were performed one after the other at 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 km/h, as the effort was light and there were no signs of fatigue. A stable O2 consumption was reached shortly after the beginning of each step. Run: five trials (7.0, 8.5, 10.0, 11.5, 13.0 km/h) were performed in aleatory order. After each trial the subject rested 4 to 6', until his/her parameters returned to the rest conditions. Skipping: four trials (4.0, 5.5, 7.0, 8.5 km/h)* were performed in aleatory order. After each trial the subject rested 4 to 6', until his/her parameters returned to the rest conditions. (* One subject skip at 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 9.0 km/h). Note: not all the subject performed the entire protocol. In particular some data are lacking in walking and skipping. Cost of Transport Analysis: - The resting O2 (RO2) consumption was computed as the averaged VO2 (ml/min/kg) of the 5' in orthostasis. - The trial O2 (TO2) consumption was computed as the averaged VO2 (ml/min/kg) of the last 2' of each speed trial - The exercise O2 (EO2) consumption was computed as TO2 - RO2 - The trial respiratory quotient (RQ) was computed as the averaged RQ (VCO2/VO2) of the last 2' of each speed trial - The RQ based Energetic Equivalent (EE) to transform mlO2 in Joules was derived from Di Prampero (2015). - The metabolic power (W/kg) was computed as (EO2 * EE) / 60 (remember that W = J/s) - The Cost of transport (J/kg/m) was computed by dividing the metabolic power for the speed (m/s) (Saibene and Minetti, 2003) All the participants signed an informed consent. The protocol was approved by the Ethical Committee of the University (#003065-000653-16). References: Di Prampero, P. E. (2015). La locomozione umana su terra, in acqua, in aria. Edi-Ermes, Milano. Saibene, F., & Minetti, A. E. (2003). Biomechanical and physiological aspects of legged locomotion in humans. European journal of applied physiology, 88(4-5), 297-316.