BACKGROUND: Aim of the study was to compare metabolic response of leg skeletal muscle during functional electrical stimulation-driven unloaded cycling (FES) to that seen during volitional supine cycling. METHODS: Fourteen healthy volunteers were exposed in random order to supine cycling, either volitional (10-25-50 W, 10 min) or FES assisted (unloaded, 10 min) in a crossover design. Whole body and leg muscle metabolism were assessed by indirect calorimetry with concomitant repeated measurements of femoral venous-arterial differences of blood gases, glucose, lactate and amino acids. RESULTS: Unloaded FES cycling, but not volitional exercise, led to a significant increase in across-leg lactate production (from -1.1±2.1 to 5.5±7.4 mmol/min, p<0.001) and mild elevation of arterial lactate (from 1.8±0.7 to 2.5±0.8 mM). This occurred without widening of across-leg veno-arterial (VA) O2 and CO2 gaps. Femoral SvO2 difference was directly proportional to VA difference of lactate (R2 = 0.60, p = 0.002). Across-leg glucose uptake did not change with either type of exercise. Systemic oxygen consumption increased with FES cycling to similarly to 25W volitional exercise (138±29% resp. 124±23% of baseline). There was a net uptake of branched-chain amino acids and net release of Alanine from skeletal muscle, which were unaltered by either type of exercise. CONCLUSIONS: Unloaded FES cycling, but not volitional exercise causes significant lactate production without hypoxia in skeletal muscle. This phenomenon can be significant in vulnerable patients' groups.

2nd Department of Internal Medicine Kralovske Vinohrady University Hospital and The 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Kralovske Vinohrady University Hospital and The 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Hygiene The 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Rehabilitation Kralovske Vinohrady University Hospital and The 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

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