PMID- 31906976 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200819 LR - 20200819 IS - 1550-2783 (Electronic) IS - 1550-2783 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan 6 TI - Carbohydrate supplementation and psychophysiological responses during moderate exercise in hypoxia. PG - 3 LID - 10.1186/s12970-019-0331-6 [doi] LID - 3 AB - BACKGROUND: Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is a subjective scale to monitor overload and fatigue during exercise. Hypoxia may worsen the perception of fatigue, compromising the self-reported perception of effort and increasing RPE. The objective was to evaluate the effects of carbohydrate (CHO) supplementation on RPE during exercise in hypoxia simulating 4200 m. METHODS: Eight male physically active volunteers performed two exercises at 50% VO(2peak) and 1% slope: exercise in hypoxia + placebo or exercise in hypoxia + CHO (6% maltodextrin) with supplementation at 20, 40, and 60 min during exercise. Oxygen Saturation (SaO(2)%) was assessed at baseline and after exercise, while RPE and HR were measured each 10 min during the trial. RESULTS: SaO(2)% decreased after exercise in both conditions of hypoxia compared to rest. The RPE did not differ between groups. However, the RPE increased in hypoxia after 20 min of exercise in relation to 10 min. The Area Under the Curve (AUC) of RPE was lower in hypoxia + CHO compared to hypoxia. The AUC of the HR/RPE ratio in the hypoxia + CHO group was higher in relation to hypoxia. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that CHO supplementation does not change RPE induced by 60 min of exercise at 50% VO(2peak) in hypoxia equivalent to 4200 m at the different times analyzed. However, in hypoxia + CHO the (AUC)-60 min of total RPE decreased during exercise, while the heart rate/RPE ratio improved, indicating lower RPE in the hypoxic environment. FAU - Tavares-Silva, E AU - Tavares-Silva E AD - Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Donatto, F F AU - Donatto FF AD - Department of Bioscience, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim, 136 - Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil. FAU - Medeiros, R M V AU - Medeiros RMV AD - Centro Universitario do Rio Grande do Norte (UNI-RN), Natal, Brazil. FAU - Santos, S A AU - Santos SA AD - Department of Bioscience, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim, 136 - Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil. FAU - Caris, A V AU - Caris AV AD - Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Thomatieli-Santos, R V AU - Thomatieli-Santos RV AD - Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. ronaldo.thomatieli@unifesp.br. AD - Department of Bioscience, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Rua Silva Jardim, 136 - Vila Mathias, Santos, SP, 11015-020, Brazil. ronaldo.thomatieli@unifesp.br. LA - eng GR - 2017/26563-2/Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo/ PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20200106 PL - United States TA - J Int Soc Sports Nutr JT - Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition JID - 101234168 RN - 0 (Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - 7CVR7L4A2D (maltodextrin) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Carbohydrates/*pharmacology MH - Cross-Over Studies MH - *Dietary Supplements MH - Double-Blind Method MH - *Exercise MH - Humans MH - *Hypoxia MH - Male MH - Oxygen Consumption MH - Physical Exertion MH - Polysaccharides/*pharmacology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC6945642 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carbohydrate OT - HR/RPE ratio OT - Hypoxia OT - Physical exercise OT - RPE OT - Supplementation COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/20 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/06 CRDT- 2020/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12970-019-0331-6 [pii] AID - 331 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12970-019-0331-6 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2020 Jan 6;17(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s12970-019-0331-6.