Reply to the letter from Manferdelli et al.: 'Muscle O₂ diffusion capacity by NIRS: a new approach in the air'

Andrea M Pilotto^{1

2}, Alessandra Adami³, Raffaele Mazzolari^{2

4}, Lorenza Brocca², Emanuela Crea², Lucrezia Zuccarelli¹, Maria A Pellegrino^{2

5}, Roberto Bottinelli^{2

5}, Bruno Grassi¹, Harry B Rossiter⁶, Simone Porcelli^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
² Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
⁴ Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
⁵ Interdipartimental Centre for Biology and Sport Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
⁷ Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy.

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Andrea M Pilotto et al. J Physiol. 2022 Dec.

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. 2022 Dec;600(23):5165-5166.

doi: 10.1113/JP283919. Epub 2022 Nov 19.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
² Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Kinesiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
⁴ Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
⁵ Interdipartimental Centre for Biology and Sport Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
⁷ Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy.

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Keywords: NIRS; O2 diffusing capacity; muscle oxidative capacity; reliability.

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Near-infrared spectroscopy estimation of combined skeletal muscle oxidative capacity and O₂ diffusion capacity in humans.
Pilotto AM, Adami A, Mazzolari R, Brocca L, Crea E, Zuccarelli L, Pellegrino MA, Bottinelli R, Grassi B, Rossiter HB, Porcelli S. Pilotto AM, et al. J Physiol. 2022 Sep;600(18):4153-4168. doi: 10.1113/JP283267. Epub 2022 Aug 23. J Physiol. 2022. PMID: 35930524 Free PMC article.
Muscle O₂ diffusion capacity by NIRS: A new approach in the air.
Manferdelli G, Raberin A, Millet GP. Manferdelli G, et al. J Physiol. 2022 Dec;600(23):5163-5164. doi: 10.1113/JP283882. Epub 2022 Oct 17. J Physiol. 2022. PMID: 36205221 No abstract available.

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