“…Based on direct measurements of intracellular Po2 (28) and mathematical modeling (29) in maximally exercising muscle, previous analyses of diffusivity, not knowing PMITOO2, have limited their calculations to Vo2n,, where it was assumed cellular Po2 was very low ( 1-3 mmHg range) and so could be neglected (4,6,30,31). The present study has demonstrated that the assumption of a low intracellular P02 at V02m,., relied upon in these initial investigations, was valid and in fact is the case even at submaximal exercise intensities eliciting only 50% of VO2max (Fig.…”