Principle Investigator:
Dr. Robert Boushel
Details:
Background and purpose: Physical activity is a necessity for healthy living and dependent on the delivery of oxygen to the working muscles to generate energy. However, our understanding of the body’s response to physical activity has primarily been defined using the “typical 70-kg man”. Substantial “sex-based differences” in the lungs, heart, blood vessels, blood, and muscle may lead men and women to use different mechanisms to deliver oxygen and produce energy during activity. The purpose of this study is to compare how the heart, lungs, blood vessels, and muscle respond to aerobic exercise in females versus males.
What is involved: We are looking for active volunteers between the ages of 19 and 44 years old who are generally healthy with no smoking history. If you choose to participate you will be asked to complete 7 visits over at least 3 weeks. The total testing time is approximately 21 hours.
What we offer: You will be given an honorarium and supplied with detailed assessments of your lung size and function as well as your fitness (including aerobic fitness, training zones, body composition, and muscle fibre type). Your fitness results may be incorporated into your exercise training following the study.
For further information please contact Josh Bovard: josh.bovard@ubc.ca
End date:
06/30/2022