Reliability of Low-Cost Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Determination of Muscular Oxygen Saturation and Hemoglobin Concentration during Rest, Isometric and Dynamic Strength Activity Miranda-Fuentes, Claudia Pérez Castilla, Alejandro Chirosa Ríos, Luis Javier Strength training Dynamometer Tissue saturation Hemoglobin This study has been partially supported by FEDER/Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities-State Research Agency (Dossier number: RTI2018-099723-B-I00). The researcher Isabel Maria Guisado-Requena receives funding from the European Regional Development Fund (Feder) [2018/11744]. Background: The objective of this study was to establish the reliability of the Humon Hex near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) in determining muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) and hemoglobin concentration (Hgb) at rest and during isometric and dynamic strength exercises using a functional electromechanical dynamometer (FEMD). Methods: The SmO2 and Hgb values of sixteen healthy adults (mean ± standard deviation (SD): Age = 36.1 ± 6.4 years) were recorded at rest and during isometry (8 s), dynamic strength I (initial load of 40% of the average isometric load, with 2 kg increments until muscle failure) and dynamic strength II (same as I, but with an initial load of 40% of the maximum isometric load) activity. To evaluate the reliability in the determination of SmO2 and Hgb of this device, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM) and coefficient of variation (CV) were obtained. Results: The main results obtained are SmO2 at rest (CV = 5.76%, SEM = 3.81, ICC = 0.90), isometric strength (CV = 3.03%, SEM = 2.08, ICC = 0.92), dynamic strength I (CV = 10.6, SEM = 7.17, ICC = 0.22) and dynamic strength II (CV = 9.69, SEM = 6.75, ICC = 0.32); Hgb at rest (CV = 1.97%, SEM = 0.24, ICC = 0.65), isometric strength (CV = 0.98%, SEM = 0.12, ICC = 0.96), dynamic strength I (CV = 3.25, SEM = 0.40, ICC = 0.54) and dynamic strength II (CV = 2.74, SEM = 0.34, ICC = 0.65). Conclusions: The study shows that Humon Hex is a reliable device to obtain SmO2 and Hgb data in healthy adult subjects at rest and during isometric strength, providing precision for measurements made with this device. 2021-02-10T13:27:45Z 2021-02-10T13:27:45Z 2020-11-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Miranda-Fuentes, C.; Guisado-Requena, I.M.; Delgado-Floody, P.; Arias-Poblete, L.; Pérez-Castilla, A.; Jerez-Mayorga, D.; Chirosa-Rios, L.J. Reliability of Low-Cost Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Determination of Muscular Oxygen Saturation and Hemoglobin Concentration during Rest, Isometric and Dynamic Strength Activity. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8824. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238824] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66453 10.3390/ijerph17238824 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI