Hormonal and metabolic responses to electrically induced cycling during epidural anesthesia in humans

Michael Kjær*, Niels H. Secher, Jens Bangsbo, G. Perko, A. Horn, T. Mohr, Henrik Galbo

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Abstract

Hormonal and metabolic responses to electrically induced dynamic exercise were investigated in eight healthy young men with afferent neural influence from the legs blocked by epidural anesthesia (25 ml of 2% lidocaine) at L2-L4. This caused cutaneous sensory anesthesia below T8- T9 and complete paralysis of the legs. Cycling increased oxygen uptake to 1.90 ± 0.13 (SE) l/min, and fatigue developed after 22.7 ± 2.7 min. Compared with voluntary exercise at the same oxygen uptake and heart rate, concentrations of blood and muscle lactate (musculus vastus lateralis) as well as plasma potassium increased more while muscle glycogen decreased more during electrically induced exercise. Hepatic glucose production always rose during exercise. However, during involuntary exercise with sensory blockade, it did not match the rise in peripheral glucose uptake and plasma glucose decreased (P < 0.05). Plasma glycerol increased less in electrically induced vs. voluntary exercise, and free fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate decreased only during electrically induced exercise. Epinephrine, growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and cortisol levels were higher during involuntary vs. voluntary exercise (P < 0.05). In conclusion, neural and humoral mechanisms exert redundant control with regard to responses of catecholamines and pituitary hormones (growth hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone). In contrast, neural input from motor centers and feedback from working muscle are important for glucose production and lipolysis during exercise in humans. Humoral feedback is apparently not sufficient to trigger normal mobilization of extramuscular fuel stores.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Applied Physiology
Vol/bind80
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)2156-2162
Antal sider7
ISSN8750-7587
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1996

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