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Benítez-Muñoz, José AntonioCorresponding AuthorBenito, Pedro JAuthorGuisado-Cuadrado, IsabelAuthorCupeiro, RocioAuthorPeinado, Ana BelenAuthor

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Differences in the ventilatory thresholds in treadmill according to training status in 971 males and 301 females: a cross-sectional study

Publicated to: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 125 (2): 499-510 - 2025-02-01 125(2), DOI: 10.1007/s00421-024-05622-z

Authors:

Benitez-Munoz, Jose Antonio; Benito, Pedro J; Guisado-Cuadrado, Isabel; Cupeiro, Rocio; Peinado, Ana Belen
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Univ Politecn Madrid, LFE Res Grp, Dept Hlth & Human Performance, Fac Phys Act & Sport Sci INEF, Calle Martin Fierro 7, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Purpose To analyze the influence of training status on the percentage of maximum oxygen consumption, heart rate and velocity (%VO2max, %HRmax and %V-max) at which ventilatory threshold 1 and ventilatory threshold 2 occur (VT1 and VT2, respectively), in males and females separately considering age, during a ramp incremental treadmill test. Methods 791 males (36.8 +/- 9.9 years) and 301 females (33.9 +/- 11.0 years) performed a ramp incremental exercise test until fatigue where VT1 and VT2 were determined. Participants were classified as low, medium or high training status combining the oxygen consumption at VT1, VT2 and VO2max by clustering analysis. Results VO2max is poorly correlated with the %VO2max, %HRmax and %V-max at which VT1 and VT2 occur (r < 0.3), in contrast, there is a positive correlation between oxygen consumption at VT1 and VT2 with the %VO2max, %HRmax and %V-max at which VT1 and VT2, respectively, occur in males and females (r = 0.203-0.615). Furthermore, we observed the %VO2max, %HRmax and %V-max at which thresholds occur were greater the higher the training status (all p < 0.003). Conclusion The physiological determinants of the percentage of maximum at which VT1 and VT2 occur are more related to oxygen consumption at VT1 and VT2, respectively, than to VO2max. Moreover, due to the higher percentage of maximum at which VT1 and VT2 occur in individuals with a higher training status, the common strategy consisting of establishing exercise intensity as a fixed percentage of maximum might not be effective to match intensity across individuals with different training status.
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Keywords

AdultAnaerobic thresholdCross-sectional studiesCyclistsExerciseExercise testFemaleFitnesGood health and well-beingHeart rateHeart-rateHumansIncremental exercise testMaleMiddle agedOxygen consumptionOxygen uptakeParametersPulmonary ventilationRespiratory compensationRunning velocitRunning velocityVt1Vt2

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Medicine (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • WoS: 12
  • Scopus: 9
  • Europe PMC: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 31.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 29 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 9.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/88082/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 159
  • Downloads: 169
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, with a probability of 44% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (BENITEZ MUÑOZ, JOSE ANTONIO) and Last Author (PEINADO LOZANO, ANA BELEN).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been BENITEZ MUÑOZ, JOSE ANTONIO.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors of the present article would like to thank all the people who helped with the data collection during the whole history of the laboratory of exercise physiology of the LFE Research Group.
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