Time of day effect on oxygen uptake changes and lung function of active female

Authors : Farzaneh MOVASEGHI, Nasibeh KAZEMI, Elahe MOEIN

Pages : 85-89

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Publication Date : 2016-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Various psychological and physiological functions have been shown to undergo changes within the 24-hour day. The purpose of this study was to compare the oxygen consumption changes, as well as lung function at three different times insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(09:00Am, 14:00 and 18:00 Pm); within the same day. Eleven female, physical education university students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(age 22.27±.90 years, height 162.36± 4.20 cm and weight 56.82±6.60kg); took part in the study. The spirometric parameters insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(forced expiratory volume insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FVC);, forced expiratory volume in first secondinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FEV 1 ); FEV 1 /FVC, peak expiratory flow insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PEF);, maximum expiratory flowinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MEF 25-75% ); as lung function indices determined before onset of exercise test, then progressive incremental cycle ergometer exercise test was performed until exhaustion in each time following one min of rest and two min of warm-up by cycling. The workload during the maximal test was increased 20 watts insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(W); every one minutes from an initial 45W until volitional subjective exhaustion. One-way repeated measures analysis of variance and bonferroni- corrected paired t -tests were used to test for differences between the times of day. Significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. A significant circadian rhythm was found for FEV 1 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.05);, FEV1/FVC insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.019);, PEF insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.013); and MEF 25-75% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.012); with the acrophases in evening. In contrast no significant circadian variation was observed for VO 2 at rest,VO 2 at 25, 45, 65, 85, 105, 125 watts, lactate threshold VO 2 , VO 2max , slope of VO 2 changes curve and FVC between all measured time units insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. In summary, oxygen uptake changes didn’t vary during the time frame within which exercise is normally conducted. In contrast time of the day effect existed for lung function and it was improved from morning until evening. Therefore, it is important for coaches and athletes to be aware of how the time of day will affect their function.
Keywords : Circadian rhythms, lung function, oxygen uptake changes, active female