Artigo
Exergy efficiency on incremental stationary bicycle test: A new indicator of exercise performance?
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MADY, C. E. K.; IGARASHI, T. L.; ALBUQUERQUE, C.; SANTOS-SILVA, P. R.; FERNANDES, T. L.; HERNANDEZ, A. J. Exergy efficiency on incremental stationary bicycle test: A new indicator of exercise performance?. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 41, n. 12, p. 566-577, 2019.
1678-5878
Autor
MADY, CARLOS EDUARDO KEUTENEDJIAN
IGARASHI, TATIANE LIE
Cyro Albuquerque
SANTOS-SILVA, PAULO ROBERTO
FERNANDES, TIAGO LAZZARETTI
HERNANDEZ, ARNALDO JOSE
Resumen
The frst and second laws of the thermodynamics were applied to the human body to evaluate the performance of subjects
under diferent training levels. Ten cyclists were evaluated in the stationary bicycle with the indirect calorimetry analysis to
obtain the metabolism on an energy and exergy basis. A distinguishing feature of this article is the evaluation of the exergy
efciency of the body with the knowledge of the real performed power and the internal temperature (measured tympanic
temperature and calculated esophagus temperature). Regarding the skin temperature, an infrared camera was used to measure
diferent parts of the body. Therefore, the phenomenological behavior of the body was assessed and used as a basis to apply
the exergy analysis. Results indicate that the destroyed exergy can be an indicator of performance when compared with
maximum oxygen consumption. Nevertheless, more experiments must be carried out to proper state if there is a correlation.
Eventually, the exergy efciency was calculated for all subjects, and its value was around 23 to 28%.