Dr. Francisco Javier Pardo Gil

Publicaciones

• Physiological differences between professional and elite road cyclists. Lucia, A., Pardo, J., Durantez, A., Hoyos, J., & Chicharro, J. L. (1998). International journal of sports medicine, 19(05), 342-348.

  The purpose was to compare the physiological responses of professional and elite road cyclists during an incremental cycle ergometer test. Twenty-five elite cyclists and 25 professional cyclists performed a ramp protocol ) during which several physiological parameters were measured. It was concluded that, in comparison with EC, PC exhibit some remarkable physiological characteristics such as a high VT2, an important reliance on fat metabolism even at high power outputs, and several neuromuscular adaptations.

• Metabolic and neuromuscular adaptations to endurance training in professional cyclists: a longitudinal study. Lucía A, Hoyos J, Pardo J, Chicharro JL.The Japanese Journal of Physiology. 2000 Jun;50(3):381-388

  The aim was to analyze the changes in several metabolic and neuromuscular variables in response to endurance training during three defined periods of a full sports season in professional cyclists. Our findings suggest that endurance conditioning induces the following general adaptations in elite athletes: (1) lower circulating lactate and increased reliance on aerobic metabolism at a given submaximal intensity, and possibly (2) an enhanced recruitment of motor units in active muscles, as suggested by rms-EMG data

• Determination of the maximum steady state of lactate (MLSS) in saliva: an alternative to blood lactate determination. Perez, M., Lucia, A., Carvajal, A., Pardo, J., & Chicharro, J. L. (1999). The Japanese journal of physiology, 49(4), 395-400.

  A "maximum salivary lactate steady state" (saliva-MLSS) might exist. The aim was to establish 1) which lower limit for the increase in salivary lactate concentration during a constant workload test could be used to determine the saliva-MLSS and 2) if the exercise intensity at the saliva-MLSS is identical to that evoking the (blood) MLSS. In conclusion, 0.8 mM is the lower limit for the increase in saliva lactate concentration during a constant load test and saliva-MLSS might be used as an alternative to MLSS determination.