Skip to the main content

Kinesiology, Vol. 49. No. 1., 2017.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.26582/k.49.1.15

The physiological mechanism behind the talk test

Noortje Creemers ; Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Carl Foster ; University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, La Crosse, USA
John P. Porcari ; University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, La Crosse, USA
Maria L. Cress ; University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, La Crosse, USA
Jos J. de Koning ; Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Full text: english pdf 749 Kb

page 3-8

downloads: 1.286

cite

Abstract

The Talk Test (TT) is a very simple marker of exercise intensity, which has been shown to be a useful surrogate of the ventilatory (VT) and respiratory compensation (RCT) thresholds. The purpose of this study
was to evaluate a potential mechanism behind the TT. Healthy, college-aged subjects (n=20) performed a maximal and two sub-maximal cycle ergometer tests. The two submaximal tests were performed: with the
Talk Test (EXP) and without speaking (the control trial – CON). Oxygen uptake (VO2), CO2 output (VCO2), minute ventilation (VE), breathing frequency (BF), end-tidal CO2 pressure (PETCO2) and TT times were
recorded. VO2, VCO2 and VE were reduced during the TT and increased immediately after it. BF was reduced during the TT. PETCO2 values (a surrogate of PaCO2) were highest during the TT and lowest before the TT. The time to complete the TT increased across progressive stages. This study supports the hypothesis that talking causes CO2 retention, which may cause ventilatory drive to increase. Since the ventilatory drive is already high above the VT, the apparent CO2 retention associated with speech may cause talking to become uncomfortable.

Keywords

exercise prescription; exercise test; metabolic thresholds; respiratory gas Exchange; speech

Hrčak ID:

177237

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/177237

Publication date:

2.5.2017.

Visits: 3.210 *