Metabolic responses associated with deer hunting
| Autor: | Jeff Steffen, Carl Foster, John P. Porcari, Larry Terry, Andrew T. Peterson, Jerry Davis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male Spirometry Physical Exertion Poison control Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Deer hunting Oxygen Consumption Animal science Heart Rate Heart rate Respiration medicine Animals Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Treadmill High rate medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Deer Exercise Test Respiratory Physiological Phenomena Recreation Ventilatory threshold business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 31:1844 |
| ISSN: | 0195-9131 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005768-199912000-00023 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE Deer hunting is a popular recreational activity with a high rate of cardiovascular events. Previous studies have demonstrated large HR responses during deer hunting. This study compared the HR and metabolic costs of maximal treadmill (TM) exercise with those of hiking while deer hunting and while dragging a deer. METHODS Healthy male volunteers (N = 16) performed a maximal TM exercise test, a 0.8-km hiking test, and a 0.4-km dragging test over lightly rolling terrain. VO2 was measured by portable spirometry and HR by radiotelemetry. RESULTS HR averaged 74.0 +/- 7.0% and 89.1 +/- 4.5% of peak TM HR during the hike and drag, respectively. The peak HR observed during hiking and dragging was 83.2 +/- 6.0% and 94.9 +/- 4.2% of peak TM HR, respectively. VO2 averaged 62.2 +/- 15.8% and achieved a peak of 77.2 +/- 19.0% of TM VO2 while hiking. This corresponded to 86.8 +/- 17.3% and 108.1 +/- 22.3% of ventilatory threshold (VT), respectively. VO2 averaged 72.3 +/- 21.0% and achieved a peak of 91.2 +/- 21.4% of peak TM VO2 while dragging the deer. This corresponded to 101.5 +/- 27.7% and 128.5 +/- 26.8% of VT, respectively. The VO2/HR relationship showed significant (P < 0.05) difference between the dragging test and the TM test with a disproportionately high HR. The VO2/HR relationship between the hiking and TM tests was comparable. CONCLUSION In part, the previously described large HR responses and high rate of cardiovascular complications associated with deer hunting may attributable to the elevated metabolic costs of associated activities. |
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