ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2007
A brief review of the use of near infrared spectroscopy with particular interest in resistance exercise.
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- Cerebral and muscle tissue oxygenation during exercise in healthy adults: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
- Changes in Muscle Oxygen Saturation Measured Using Wireless Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Resistance Training: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Blood flow restriction exacerbates muscle deoxygenation and fatigue during sport climbing specific finger flexors resistance training.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
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- Hemodynamic responses are reduced with aerobic compared with resistance blood flow restriction exercise.Physiological reports · 2017Trial
- Influence of heat stress and exercise intensity on vastus lateralis muscle and prefrontal cortex oxygenation.European journal of applied physiology · 2013Trial
- Influence of back squat eccentric tempo on countermovement jump performance and evaluation of PAPE detection thresholds.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Effects of Compression Garments on Muscle Oxygen Saturation Recovery in the Upper Limbs Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effects of an 8-week high intensity interval training (HIIT) and ashwagandha supplementation on aerobic capacity, muscle oxygenation and haematological parameters in healthy men.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Reliability and Convergent Validity of Endurance Indices Derived from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Electromyography during a Bilateral Hanging Task in Amateur Rock Climbers.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Effects of the intensity, duration and muscle mass factors of isometric exercise on acute local muscle hemodynamic responses and systematic blood pressure regulation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Skeletal muscle optoacoustics reveals patterns of circulatory function and oxygen metabolism during exercise.Photoacoustics · 2023Article
- Muscle oxygenation and time to task failure of submaximal holding and pulling isometric muscle actions and influence of intermittent voluntary muscle twitches.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Muscle Oxygenation Level Might Trigger the Regulation of Capillary Venous Blood Filling during Fatiguing Isometric Muscle Actions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Acute responses of muscle oxygen saturation during different cluster training configurations in resistance-trained individuals.Biology of sport · 2021Article
- Spectral Analysis of Muscle Hemodynamic Responses in Post-Exercise Recovery Based on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Reliability of Low-Cost Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Determination of Muscular Oxygen Saturation and Hemoglobin Concentration during Rest, Isometric and Dynamic Strength Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Behavior of oxygen saturation and blood filling in the venous capillary system of the biceps brachii muscle during a fatiguing isometric action.European journal of translational myology · 2020Article
- Tissue Oxygenation in Response to Different Relative Levels of Blood-Flow Restricted Exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Noninvasive optical imaging of resistance training adaptations in human muscle.Journal of biomedical optics · 2017Article
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Abstract
There is growing interest in resistance training, but many aspects related to this type of exercise are still not fully understood. Performance varies substantially depending on how resistance training variables are manipulated. Fatigue is a complex phenomenon usually attributed to central (neuronal) and/or peripheral (muscular) origin. Cerebral oxygenation may be associated with the decision to stop exercise, and muscle oxygenation may be related to resistance training responses. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive optical technique used to monitor cerebral and muscle oxygenation levels. The purpose of this review is to briefly describe the NIRS technique, validation and reliability, and its application in resistance exercise. NIRS-measured oxygenation in cerebral tissue has been validated against magnetic resonance imaging during motor tasks. In muscle tissue, NIRS-measured oxygenation was shown to be highly related to venous oxygen saturation and muscle oxidative rate was closely related to phosphocreatine resynthesis, measured by (31)P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy after exercise. The test-retest reliability of cerebral and muscle NIRS measurements have been established under a variety of experimental conditions, including static and dynamic exercise. Although NIRS has been used extensively to evaluate muscle oxygenation levels during aerobic exercise, only four studies have used this technique to examine these changes during typical resistance training exercises. Muscle oxygenation was influenced by different resistance exercise protocols depending on the load or duration of exercise, the number of sets and the muscle being monitored. NIRS is a promising, non-invasive technique that can be used to evaluate cerebral and muscle oxygenation levels simultaneously during exercise, thereby improving our understanding of the mechanisms influencing performance and fatigue.
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