The duration-dependent effect of skin temperature on self-pacing cycling exercise
conference paper
Skin temperature has been suggested as a relevant physiological signal for the anticipatory and feedback control of work rate during self-paced exercise [1, 2]. However, a sudden extreme skin temperature elevation did not affect pacing during a 7.5-km cycling time trial [3]. Possible explanations for the discrepancy in these results are the duration of the self-paced exercise and the length of the skin temperature manipulations. To investigate whether the duration of the manipulation in skin temperature, or the duration of the time trial is more relevant for the influence of an elevated skin temperature on pacing pattern and performance during aerobic exercise, we investigated the effect of two different lengths of radiative heat exposure on pacing pattern during a 15-km cycling time trial. Together with results from our previous study [3], in which an identical intervention was applied during a cycling time trial of 7.5 km, conclusions can be drawn about the relative importance of time trial duration and the duration of the manipulation.
TNO Identifier
472150
Source title
Proceedings 15th International Conference on environmental Ergonomists, ICEE, Auckland, New Zealand
Pages
171-173