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Exercise physiology
Integrated science that reveals mechanisms of overall body function
Type of disciplinary pratice
Involving many disciplines working ie same area independently, lack of shared knowledge, problems, solutions
Multidisciplinary
Type of disciplinary system
Involving many independent disciplines which communicate sharing knowledge problems and solutions
Cross disciplinary
Type of disciplinary system
Involving many independent disciplines sharing communication and effort
Interdisciplinary
Inability to engage in community, leisure, social, work roles is known as
Disability
Defined as What happened at the cell level causing a functional limitation
Impairement
Hypokinetic diseases
Diseases resulting from a chronic lack of physical activity. Such as diabetes, heart disease etc
Disablement model
Model used to delineate consequences of disease and injury at the level of the individual and society
4 common disablement models
Nagi
ICDIH: international classification of diseases Impairements and handicaps
NCMRR: national center for medical rehabilitation research classification
ICF: international classification of functioning disability and health
Alterations in anatomical/ physiological structures or function. Consequences of a pathology
Impairement
When Impairements result in an inability to perform actions, tasks, and activities that would be normal for that individual
Functional limitation
The difference between a patients actual performance of a particular role and what is considered normal
Disability
4 key tenets of the disablement model
Pathology/pathophysiology
Impairment
Functional limitations
Disability
T/F
Exercise physiology is only concerned with physical activity
True
Movement, physical activity, or exercise
Voluntary/ involuntary options performed by the whole person or any body part
Movement
Movement, physical activity, exercise?
Intentional movement to achieve a goal related to sports, exercise, leisure,work
PhysIcal activity
Intentional movement to improve performance, health, fitness, appearance
Exercise
Biological model of stress developed by Hans Selye
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
3 stages of the general adaptation syndrome
Alarm reaction
Resistance
Exhaustion
What happens at the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
Body acutely recognizes stressor
Activation of pituitary adrenal cortical axis
Preparation for flight or fight
When body 's Alarm reaction lessens due to successive exposure to stressor?
Threshold
Stage in GAS where the body begins to repair the effects of the alarm stage by making favorable physiologic adaptations
Resistance
Alarm, resistance, exhaustion?
Improved physical fitness as a result of exercise
Resistance
Stage in GAS where body responds inappropriately to intolerable stress levels
Exhaustion
An exercise program that is guided by the GAS mode,
Periodization for strength or power sports
Energy yielding nutrients are often stored in the body as
Polymers
Amount of energy available to do cellular work
Physiologic fuel value
Energy yielding nutrients
Carbs, proteins and fat
Metabolizable energy of carbs, proteins and fat
Carbs = 4 kcal/ g
Proteins =4 kcal/g
Fat = 9 kcal/g
% of food invested that is actually absorbed in the small intestine
Digestibility
True or false
Proteins are the least efficient in terms of digestible energy
True because they are hard to breakdown
Which monosaccharide doesn't exist freely in nature
Galactose
Examples of dissacharides
Sucrose, maltose, lactose
Exzmples of polysaccharides
Starch, glycogen, fiber
Most abundant source of dietary carbohydrate from plants
Starch
Glycogen is stored in the
Muscles and liver
2 types of fiber
Soluble e.g. Citrus fruits
Insoluble e.g. Brown rice
Pfinction of soluble and insoluble fibers
Soluble: delay stomach emptying and slow glucose absorption, lower blood cholesterol levels

Insoluble: aid in digestion
Which enzyme starts the break down of polysaccharide and where is it found ?
Salivary amylase in the mouth
What happens to the digestion of starches in the stomach?
Temporarily stops because acid breaks down salivary amylas
2 places in digestive system where disaccharides are broken down
Pancreas by pancreatic amylase
Small intestine to monosaccharides
Preffered source of energy for the brain
Glucoss
Normal blood glucose range
70-110 mg/ dL
Produced by the alpha cells of the pancreas
Glucagon released when blood sugar is low
Produced by the beta cells of the pancreas
Insulin released when blood sugar is high
Pt feels nervous, irritable, hungry, acute fatigue, light headed ness, nausea, delirium, coma, death are symptoms of?
Hypoglycemia
Pt feels increased thirst and frequent urination, headaches, blurred vision, difficulty concentrating,fatigue, weight loss are symptoms of?
Hyperglycemia
Examples of simple fats
Fatty acids and triglycerides
Examples of compound fats
Fats combined with another chemical group e.g. Phospholipids and glycolipids
Examples of derived fats
Sterols e.g. Hormones
What composes 95% of dietary fats
Triglycerides
The fatty acid portion of triglycerides is the dominant source of energy for muscles . True or false
True
Where are fatty acids stored?
Adipocytes mainly
Sacroplasm of muscle cells
Lipolysis
Splitting triglyceride into a glycerol and 3 fatty acids for the purpose of providing energy
Saturared
Monounsaturated
Polyunsaturated
S. No double bonds. Fatty acid carbons all bonded to a hydrogen
M. One double bond
P. t2 or more double bonds
What kind of fatty acids is the body able to synthesize?
Those with double bonds coming after the 9th carbon atom after the methyl group
Phospholipids
Essential or non essential
Where is it found in the body
Non essential synthesized on the liver
Found in cell membranes
A major index for cardiovascular disease
Lipoproteins
Health implications?
Increased amounts of circulating HDLs
Good cardiovascular health
Health implications?
Increased amounts of circulating LDLs
Bad cardiovascular health increased cardiovascular disease
Predominant material in
HDL
LDL
VLDL
HDL: protein
LDL: cholesterol
VLDL: triglyceride
Type of lipid
Carbohydrate bound lipids on the cell membrane which serve as receptor sites for hormones
Glycolipids
Type of lipid
Fatty ring structure no fatty acid tail Includes cholesterol, tetosterone, estrogen, vit D,cortisol
Sterol
Emulsifocation of fat takes place in the
Liver
More than 5% of fat is excreted in feces

True or false
False less than 5% if at is excreted in feces
Digestion of protein begins in
The stomach
Total number of amino acids
# of essential amino acids
# of non essential amino acids
20
Essential 9
Non essential 11
Main role of vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
A : vision
D: calcium regulation
E: antioxidant
K: blood coagulant
Water or fat soluble vitamins have a high risk of toxicity
Fat soluble vitamins
Water or fat soluble vitamins have a high risk of deficiency
Water soluble vitamins
Which water so
Unless vitamin plays an important role in DNA synthesis?
Folate
Which water soluble vitamin plays a key role in fatty acid synthesis, glycogenesis, amino acid breakdown
Biotin
Which water soluble vitamin is only obtained form animal sources and plays a key role in nerve cell maintenance and metabolism
Vitamin B 12
Sodium or potassium
Regulates extra cellular water content
Sodium
Sodium or potassium
Regulates water content in the cell
Potasssium
ATP used to sustain cellular activity at rest is derived from
Aerobic metabolism
Metabolic specificity
Amount and rate of ATP utilization will determine type of fuel used for energy
Energy source for:
Very high intensity exercise?
High intensity?
Moderate intensity?
Low intensity, long duration?
Very high: ATP-CP for 15 sec
High : fast glcolysis up to 1 min
Moderate intensity: slow glycolysis, lipolysis
Low intensity, long duration: glycogen depletion, heavy reliance on lipolysis
Energy source for exercises:
Below 40-50% VO2 max?
Between 50-70% VO2 max?
At 70% or higher VO2 max?
Below 40-50% VO2 max? Fat oxidation, slow glycolysis
Between 50-70% VO2 max? CHO oxidation
At 70% or higher VO2 max? Fast glycolysis
Energy accessibility
Energy systems with the highest capacity for power output also have the most readily accessible fuel sources
2 most readily available, valuable energy sources in the body
Phosphagens
Glycogen: broken down to glucose and then ATP via rapid glycolysis
Slow glycolysis and fat oxidation require the presence of
Oxygen
Beta oxidation ( ATP generation in the krebs cycle and electron transport chain)
How does the body know there is an increased need for energy and how are metabolic fuels mobilized from different tissues to maintain exercise?
The energy status of tissues, organs and systems is communicated through the nervous and endocrine systems
3 factors that determine activation of target cells by hormones
1.Concentration of the hormone in the blood ( quantity produced and rate of secretion)
2.Relative number of cell receptors
3.Sensitivity of receptors to the hormone
Decrease in number of cell receptors that occurs following chronic exposure to high concentrations of a hormone
Downregulation
Increase in number of receptors that occurs in response to hormone stimulation which increases sensitivity of receptors
Upregulation
3 things that regulate hormone secretion
1. Hormonal input: a hormone targeting an endocrine gland
2. Humoral input: nutrients,ions,bile etc that provide feedback to endocrine glands
3. Neural stimulation: involves sympathetic nervous system
Which hormone is secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas and stimulated by decreasing blood glucose levels at rest or increase in epinephrine during exercise?
Glucagon
Function of glucagon
Maintains blood glucose levels by
1. Stimulating glycogenolysis in the muscle (early exercise) and liver(prolonged exercise)
2. Stimulating lipolysis and mobilization of FFA from adipocytes
Insulin is:
Secreted by?
Stimulated by?
Affected by?
Secreted by? Beta cells of pancreas
Stimulated by? Increase in blood glucose
Affected by?sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve stimulation
Function of insulin
Controls glucose transport into cells
Inhibits glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis
* insulin levels fall during exercise
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Aka?
Secreted by?
In response to?
Stimulated by?
Aka? Catecholamines
Secreted by?adrenal glands
In response to? Decreased blood sugar, exercise
Stimulated by?sympathetic nervous system
Function of catecholamines
Stimulate glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, lipolysis
Affect cardiac output, bp,neuromuscular transmission during exercise
Cortisol is secreted by?
Adrenal cortex
What is the function of cortisol?
Saves our carbs and promotes use of fats during exercise
1. Reduces glucose breakdown, stimulates glycogen synthesis
2. Promotes protein breakdown into amino acids
3. Depresses liver lipolysis promotes mobilization of FFA
4. Blocks entry of glucose into exercising muscles promotes fatty acid use
ACTH (corticotropin) is secreted by?
Pituitary
Function of ACTH?
1. During exercise stimulates production of aldosterone to decrease fluid excretion by kidneys
2. Regulates release of hormones secreted by adrenal cortex ( catecholamines, cortisol)
3. Indirect action on metabolism stimulates FFA mobilization, gluconeogenesis, protein catabolism
Growth hormone(HGH) is secreted by
Pituitary
Function of HGH
1.during exercise, opposes action of insulin by decreasing use of blood glucose for fuel
2. Promotes gluconeogenesis and mobilization of FFA
3. Post exercise promotes cell division and protein synthesis- muscular hypertrophy and skeletal and CT growth
Aldosterone is secreted by?
Adrenal cortex
Function of aldosterone ?
1. Reabsorption of sodium and excretion of potassium in kidney
2. Supports exercise by maintaining the integrity of the neuromuscular and cardiovascular systems
ADH (anti diuretic hormone) is secreted by?
Mechanisms of stimulation?
Pituitary
Stimulated by dehydration which
1. Stimulates hypothalamus which signals pituitary
2. Decreases blood plasma volume stimulating stretch receptors in L atrium which signals pituitary
Function of ADH?
Stimulates water reabsorption in the kidneys
True or false
Hormonal blood levels fluctuate more during steady state exercise(constant speed at about 70-75% VO2 max)
True
Hormonal levels rise slowly up to what % of VO2 max and then increase exponentially as intensity continues to rise?
50-75%
What is the initial hormonal response to exercise?
Increased energy availability
Exercise stimulates the sympathetic nervous system which increases epinephrine and glucagon
What is the hormonal response as the duration of exercise continues?
Increases ATP production and glucose availability
ACTH stimulates adrenal cortex increasing cortisol,aldosterone,and GH secretion
How much energy do we get from each liter of O2 consumed?
5kcal
Process of determining energy expenditure by measuring oxygen consumed and carbon dioxide produced
Indirect calorimetery
What is the RER respiratory exchange ratio?
Typical values for:
Fat only fuel?
CHO only fuel?
Mixture of fat and CHO?
Carbon dioxide produced divided by oxygen used
Fat only fuel? 0.70
CHO only fuel?1.00
Mixture of fat and CHO?0.85
True or false
RER values change with fitness levels
False
RER values hold true regardless of fitness levels
True or false
At any given RER a trained person can produce more ATP than a untrained person
True
Formula for caloric expenditure
RER X VO2
Why is the quantification of anaerobic production less precise than aerobic production?
Aerobic: open system where there is communication between multiple systems in the body(gas is carried in blood and exchanged with air in respiratory system)
Anaerobic : closed system. Measurement of blood metabolites doesn't accurately reflect metabolism in a muscle
The difference between the amount of energy contributed by aerobic ATP production and that required to sustain exercise is called
Oxygen deficit
Point at which aerobic energy supply is equal to exercise energy demand is called
Steady state exercise
Amount of oxygen consumed post exercise above resting metabolic rate is called
Excess post exercise oxygen consumption EPOC
True or false
EPOC is payback for the oxygen deficit incurred during the onset of exercise
False
EPOC volume is greater than oxygen deficit volume
2 phases of EPOC
1.Rapid EPOC: elevated O2 consumption used to regenerate depleted ATP,CP,O2 levels in blood and tissues
2.Slow EPOC: elevated O2 consumption used for oxidative conversion of lactic acid to glucose
*support elevated HR and respiration due to increased core temp and elevated hormone levels post exercise
How would one assess anaerobic metabolism?
Measuring blood lactic acid which is the end product of fast glycolysis
What is OBLA?
Onset of blood lactate accumulation
Signifies transition from predominantly aerobic to predominantly anaerobic metabolism
Point at which OBLA occurs in trained versus untrained subjects?
Untrained:50-60% of VO2 max
Trained: 65-80% of VO2 max
What is the primary fuel used at:
Less than 30-40% VO2 max?
Between 40 - 60%?
Above 60-70%?
Less than 30-40% VO2 max? Fat
Between 40 - 60%? Balanced fuel mix
Above 60-70%? CHO
The point of shift from fat to CHO as the primary fuel source during exercise is known as?
Depends on?
Cross over point
Depends on nutritional status and training
True or false
Endurance athlete will get more energy from fat metabolism at a higher percentage of his VO2 max
True
i.e. crossover point is at a higher VO2 max in a trained athlete
True or False
During exercise, a person consuming a high fat diet will get more energy from fat than a person consuming a high CHO diet
True due to fuel availability
3 factors that determine the shift in energy source with change in exercise intensity
1. Physiological makeup of muscle fiber
2.Hormonal influences
3. Lactic acid production
3 predominant types of skeletal muscle fibers
Type I: slow twitch oxidative (SO)
Type IIa: fast twitch oxidative glycolytic ( FOG)
Type IIb: fast twitch glycolytic (FG)
Fuel of choice for type I and II fibers?
Type I: fat oxidation
Type IIa and b: glucose. High capacity for rapid glycolysis. Recruited as exercise intensity increases
Hormonal influence on fuel selection w/ increased exercise intensity:
Initiation of exercise causes release of?
Which stimulates?
Which helps provide?
Initiation of exercise causes release of? Epinephrine
Which stimulates? Glycogenolysis
Which helps provide? CHO as intensity increases
Effect of lactic acid production on fuel selection as exercise intensity increases?
Increased lactic acid production from CHO metabolism inhibits use of FFA which promotes use of CHO
Fuel selection as the duration of exercises increases depends primarily on
Fuel availability
True or false
Depletion of carbohydrate stores has a negative effect on rate of glycolysis and lipolysis
True
Decrease in CHO leads to decrease in rate of glycolysis which leads to decrease in pyruvic acid which leads to decrease in krebs cycle activity which limits use of fat as fuel
2 common pathways in gluconeogenesis?
Cori cycle
Glucose Alanine cycle
How does the cori cycle supply glucose back into the blood stream?
The liver breaks down lactic acid from rapid glycolysis into glucose which is released back into the blood stream and used by exercising muscles and to maintain the integrity of the CNS
How does the glucose alanine cycle supply glucose back to the blood stream?
The liver breaks down alanine, a product of amino acids broken down in the muscle, and the remaining carbon is converted to glucose used by the muscle
What is broken down to make a significant contribution to glucose resynthesis and energy availability during prolonged/endurance exercise?
Protein through the glucose alanine cycle ( happens at 2-4+ hours)
True or false
10-15% of the total exercise energy can be generated from the glucose alanine cycle
True
When one is recovering from exercise, the ATP and CP stores are replenished in minutes
true or false
True
Process of recovering from exercise by replenishing glucose stores which is anabolic and considered to be the reversal of glycolysis
Gluconeogenesis
What is the first step in fat synthesis and where does it occur?
Formation of fatty acids
In the cystol
Difference between triglycerides formed in the liver and in fat tissue?
In the liver: they combine with cholesterols, phospholipids or proteins to form lipoproteins which are released into the blood

In fat tissue: they are stored in fat cells and remain there until needed for energy
The triglycerides measured as HDLs, LDLs, and VLDLs are formed in
The liver
Formula for work
Work = force(mass) Xdistance(vertical displacement)

Outcome of energy expenditure
Define and give the formula for power
Work Rate: amount of work done per unit time

Power= force X distance / time
Units: kg.m/ sec
Watts
1. 100 kg person walks up 1 flight of stairs (2.5m) in 25 sec
2. 100 kg person walks up 1 flight of stairs (2.5m) in 50 sec

Who did the most work?
Who generated the most power?
Same amount of work was done since mass and vertical distance were the same

Person 1 generated more power because they did it in a shorter time
When is work and power considered to be negative?
When the person loses vertical distance as opposed to gaining height.
True or false
From an energy stand point, VO2 response for positive work is 2-4X greater than for negative work
True
What kind of muscle contractions are required for positive and negative work?
Positive work: concentric contractions
Negative work: eccentric contractions
What is resistance and it's units?
Force to be overcome to do work
In units of mass: pounds, kilos etc
1 kg is equivalent to how many pounds
2.2 pounds
When one is rising from the floor to standing, what values do you use for force and distance?
Force= body mass
Distance= displacement from floor to COG
2 people of the same body mass and height stand but one stands faster than the other. What can be concluded about the amount of work and power they both used?
Same amount of work
The one who stands faster uses more power
Ergometry is
Measurement of work

Used to quantify work and power
What is calorimetery and what are its units?
Process of measuring heat produced from metabolic reactions

Unit is the calorie
2 types of calorimetry considered the gold standard
Direct and indirect calorimetry
True or false
Calorimetry works on the assumption heat release is proportional to rate of metabolism (O2 consumption)
True
Which is more commonly used direct or indirect calorimetry?
Indirect calorimetry
What is the most common form of direct calorimetry?
Room sized chamber
What is the advantage of direct calorimetry and the complicating factor?
Advantage: can study energy expenditure in free living subjects

Complication: need to control other sources of heat besides what the subject produces
What is indirect calorimetry?
Measuring O2 consumption and converting that to heat production
Type of indirect calorimetry where subjects breathe 100% O2 from a prefilled spirometer and used to measure resting expenditure?
Closed circuit spirometery
Type of indirect calorimetry which is more commonly used with exercising patients who breathe atmospheric air and measurements are taken from expired air
Open circuit spirometery
True or False
In open circuit spirometery the gas analyzer computes inspired and expired values of the gases
False
The inspired values of O2 and CO2 are assumed to be known and the gas analyzer computes the expired values of these gases
3 factors that affect gas volume
Humidity
Temperature
Barometric pressure
What is Charles law?
Temperature and gas volume are directly proportional so temp needs to be corrected so that differences in gas volume are not merely due to changes in temperature
What is Boyles law?
Gas volumes vary inversely with barometric pressure. When pressure goes up, gas volume goes down and vice versa

* barometric pressure increases at lower altitude
What are the 4 standerdized environmental conditions ?
ATPS: ambient temp and pressure saturated
ATPD: ambient temp and pressure dry
STPD: standard temp and pressure dry (0deg celcius, 760mmhg)
BTPS: body temp and atmospheric pressure completely saturated w/ water vapor at body temp
What is a MET and it's equivalent value?
Metabolic equivalent
1 MET= metabolic rate 3-4 hours after eating but with no prior physical activity aka resting metabolic rate
1MET= 3.5 ml/kg/min
Given body mass in kg and absolute VO2 max in L.min how would one calculate number of METs?
How is this measure useful?
Divide the body mass by the VO2 max getting z kg/ml/min. Then convert to METs by dividing by 3.5 kg/ml/min. ( pay attention to the units and make sure they match up)

METS provide standardized value that can be used for exercise prescription
True or False
VO2 max is not the main determinant of endurance performance
True
Inverse relationship between VO2 max and running or cycling economy
What is efficiency?
Ratio between useful work produced and energy expended during the work
What value should efficiency never exceed?
40%
What is economy?
When is this measure used instead of efficiency ?
Steady state VO2 needed to maintain a given velocity of movement or a given activity

Used when work is not quantifiable
Are runners more or less economic if they have a lower VO2 response at a given velocity?
More economic
5 factors affecting efficiency and economy
1. Anthropomorphic factors-gender, body mass
2. Mechanical factors- skill, efficiency
3. Ergometric factors- work rate, speed, resistance
4. Physiologic factors- fitness level, fiber type
5. Disease or injury state , use of assistive devices
Describe relationship between heart rate and oxygen consumption during endurance exercises over a wide range of aerobic exercise intensities
Heart rate and oxygen consumption are linearly related
Why is the relationship of heart rate and oxygen consumption not predictable for resistance exercise?
Because oxygen consumption would be over predicted for resistance exercise
At what point in running and walking does one become less economical and efficient in their use of energy?
Running: when one slows down into walking
Walking: when one speeds up into running
Percentage of VO2 max is assessed using?
Regression equations which are population specific.