Figure 1.
Exercise breathing pattern changes during increasing exercise intensity. Note the nonlinear increase in breathing rate and unequal partitioning of EILV and EELV as intensity increases. TLC, total lung capacity; LOV, lung operating volume; VC, vital capacity; RV, residual volume; EILV, end-inspiratory lung volume; EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; and VT, tidal volume.