TABLE 6.
Summary of finding on the evolution of HbO2 and HHb during MIT.
| HbO2 |
HHb |
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| Study | Start—VT | VT—RCP | RCP—exhaustion | Start—VT | VT—RCP | RCP—exhaustion |
| Bhambhani et al. (2007) | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | NA | NA | NA |
| Timinkul et al. (2008) | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | = | ↑ |
| Tempest et al. (2014) | ↑ | ↑ | = | = | ↑ | ↑ |
| Jung et al. (2015) | ↑ | ↑ | = | = | = | = |
| Oussaidene et al. (2015) | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
| Tempest and Parfitt (2016) | = | ↑ | ↑ | = | ↑ | ↑ |
| Tempest et al. (2017) | = | ↑ | = | = | ↑ | ↑ |
| Stevens et al. (2018) | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
| Kojima et al. (2020) | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | = | ↑ |
| Kojima et al. (2021) | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
VT, Ventilatory threshold (50–70%VO2max/peak); RCP, Respiratory compensation point (80–90% VO2max/peak); Exhaustion (100% VO2max/peak).