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Critical power is positively related to skeletal muscle capillarity and type I muscle bers
in endurance trained individuals
Emma A. Mitchell, Neil Richard William Martin, Stephen J. Bailey, and Richard A. Ferguson *
7 JUN 2018 // https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01126.2017
Abstract

The asymptote (critical power; CP) and curvature constant (W′) of the hyperbolic power-duration relationship can predict
performance within the severe-intensity exercise domain. However, the extent which these parameters relate to skeletal muscle
morphology is less clear, particularly in endurance trained individuals who, relative to their lesser trained counterparts, possess
skeletal muscles that can support high levels of oxygen transport and oxidative capacity i.e. elevated type I ber proportion and
cross-sectional area (CSA) and capillarity. Fourteen endurance trained males performed a maximal incremental test to determine
peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak; 63.2 {plus minus} 4.1 ml.min-1.kg-1), maximal aerobic power (406 {plus minus} 63 W), and 3-5
constant load tests to task failure for the determination of CP (303 {plus minus} 52 W) and W' (17.0 {plus minus} 3.0 kJ). Skeletal
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muscle biopsies were obtained from the vastus lateralis and analyzed for % ber type proportion, CSA and indices of capillarity. CP
was positively correlated with the % proportion (r = 0.79; P = 0.001) and CSA (r = 0.73; P = 0.003) of type I bers, capillary to ber Copyright © 2018, Journal of Applied Physiology

ratio (r = 0.88; P < 0.001) and capillary contacts around type I bers (r = 0.94; P < 0.001) and type II bers (r = 0.68; P = 0.008). https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01126.2017
W' was not correlated with any morphological variables. These data reveal a strong positive association between CP and skeletal PubMed 29878875
muscle capillarity. Our ndings support the assertion that CP is an important parameter of aerobic function and offer novel insights
into the physiological bases of CP.

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