Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2017
Physiological responses to incremental, interval, and continuous counterweighted single-leg and double-leg cycling at the same relative intensities.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06471439 (An Investigation of Different Type Single Limb Exercise Training Effects on Functional Capacity, Arterial Stifness, Muscle Activation and Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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An Investigation of Different Type Single Limb Exercise Training Effects on Functional Capacity, Arterial Stifness, Muscle Activation and Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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- The Role of Muscle Mass in Endurance Performance and Neuromuscular Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- The efficacy and physiological bases of small muscle mass exercise in health and disease.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- Validation of a novel multi-exercise approach to isometric resistance training in normotensive adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
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- Single-leg cycling to maintain and improve function in healthy and clinical populations.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Single Leg Cycling Offsets Reduced Muscle Oxygenation in Hypoxic Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Perception of effort and the allocation of physical resources: A generalization to upper-limb motor tasks.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Interlimb differences in parameters of aerobic function and local profiles of deoxygenation during double-leg and counterweighted single-leg cycling.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2019Article
- Inclusion of sprints in moderate intensity continuous training leads to muscle oxidative adaptations in trained individuals.Physiological reports · 2019Article
- Cardiorespiratory factors related to the increase in oxygen consumption during exercise in individuals with stroke.PloS one · 2019Observational
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Abstract
purposeWe compared physiological responses to incremental, interval, and continuous counterweighted single-leg and double-leg cycling at the same relative intensities. The primary hypothesis was that the counterweight method would elicit greater normalized power (i.e., power/active leg), greater electromyography (EMG) responses, and lower cardiorespiratory demand.
methodsGraded-exercise tests performed by 12 men (age: 21 ± 2 years; BMI: 24 ± 3 kg/m
resultsDouble-leg interval and continuous cycling were performed at greater absolute power outputs but lower normalized power outputs compared to single-leg cycling (p < 0.001). The average EMG responses from the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis were similar across modes (p > 0.05), but semitendinosus was activated to a greater extent for single-leg cycling (p = 0.005). Single-leg interval and continuous cycling elicited lower mean [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], HR and ratings of perceived exertion compared to double-leg cycling (p < 0.05).
conclusionsCounterweighted single-leg cycling elicits lower cardiorespiratory and perceptual responses than double-leg cycling at greater normalized power outputs.
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