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Changes in acid-base and ion balance during exercise in normoxia and normobaric hypoxia.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Both exercise and hypoxia cause complex changes in acid-base homeostasis. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether during intense physical exercise in normoxia and hypoxia, the modified physicochemical approach offers a better understanding of the changes in acid-base homeostasis than the traditional Henderson-Hasselbalch approach.

Methods

In this prospective, randomized, crossover trial, 19 healthy males completed an exercise test until voluntary fatigue on a bicycle ergometer on two different study days, once during normoxia and once during normobaric hypoxia (12% oxygen, equivalent to an altitude of 4500 m). Arterial blood gases were sampled during and after the exercise test and analysed according to the modified physicochemical and Henderson-Hasselbalch approach, respectively.

Results

Peak power output decreased from 287 ± 9 Watts in normoxia to 213 ± 6 Watts in hypoxia (-26%, P < 0.001). Exercise decreased arterial pH to 7.21 ± 0.01 and 7.27 ± 0.02 (P < 0.001) during normoxia and hypoxia, respectively, and increased plasma lactate to 16.8 ± 0.8 and 17.5 ± 0.9 mmol/l (P < 0.001). While the Henderson-Hasselbalch approach identified lactate as main factor responsible for the non-respiratory acidosis, the modified physicochemical approach additionally identified strong ions (i.e. plasma electrolytes, organic acid ions) and non-volatile weak acids (i.e. albumin, phosphate ion species) as important contributors.

Conclusions

The Henderson-Hasselbalch approach might serve as basis for screening acid-base disturbances, but the modified physicochemical approach offers more detailed insights into the complex changes in acid-base status during exercise in normoxia and hypoxia, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Luhker O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640730 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Changes in acid-base and ion balance during exercise in normoxia and normobaric hypoxia.

Lühker Olaf O   Berger Marc Moritz MM   Pohlmann Alexander A   Hotz Lorenz L   Gruhlke Tilmann T   Hochreiter Marcel M  

European journal of applied physiology 20170915 11


<h4>Purpose</h4>Both exercise and hypoxia cause complex changes in acid-base homeostasis. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether during intense physical exercise in normoxia and hypoxia, the modified physicochemical approach offers a better understanding of the changes in acid-base homeostasis than the traditional Henderson-Hasselbalch approach.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective, randomized, crossover trial, 19 healthy males completed an exercise test until voluntary fatigue on  ...[more]

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