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ArticleScientific reports2025

Higher legs muscle mass reduces gross mechanical efficiency during moderate intensity cycling in young healthy men.

Jerzy A Zoladz, Justyna Zapart-Bukowska, Marcin Grandys, Joanna Majerczak, Zenon Nieckarz

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jerzy A ZoladzChair of Exercise Physiology and Muscle Bioenergetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland. j.zoladz@uj.edu.pl.
Justyna Zapart-BukowskaChair of Exercise Physiology and Muscle Bioenergetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
Marcin GrandysChair of Exercise Physiology and Muscle Bioenergetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
Joanna MajerczakChair of Exercise Physiology and Muscle Bioenergetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
Zenon NieckarzMarian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Twelve healthy untrained men (age 22 ± 1 years; body mass (BM) 76.8 ± 14.4 kg; height 180 ± 8 cm, (mean ± SD)), participated in this study. The subjects performed an incremental exercise test on a cycloergometer with an increase of power output (PO) by 30 W every 3 min - until exhaustion. Gross mechanical efficiency (GE) and delta efficiency (DE) during exercise of moderate-intensity (below lactate threshold - < LT) was calculated. Both legs muscle mass (LMM) (determined using 3T MRI) amounted to 14.1 ± 2.1 kg (i.e., 18.6% of body mass). Pulmonary oxygen consumption (V̇O

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BicyclingExerciseLegMuscle, SkeletalAdultExercise TestHealthy VolunteersHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOxygen ConsumptionYoung AdultDelta efficiencyEnergy expenditureExerciseMaximal oxygen uptakeMuscle massPower output

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PMID40744954
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