Muscle Oxygen vs. Muscle Oxygenation for Athletes

Getting a bit technical with today's blog - something to ponder for the physiology-minded reader.

I have done some research on the term Oxygenation, specifically regarding how well it fits with the Moxy Muscle Oxygen (or Oxygenation?) Monitor we are developing.  Any thoughts on this one are welcome ...

• Oxygenation - according to one source (Wikipedia) - "occurs when oxygen molecules (O2) enter the tissues of the body.  For example, blood is oxygenated in the lungs, where oxygen molecules travel from the air and into the blood.  Oxygenation is commonly used to refer to medical oxygen saturation."
• Oxygen - according to one source (Dictionary.com) - "a colorless, odorless, gaseous element constituting about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere and present in a combined state in nature."

So the question is: would "Oxygenation" be the more appropriate description of what we are measuring?  The answer would be an obvious "yes".  But the real challenge is  - do our users understand "Oxygenation" more easily, or is the term "Oxygen" more understandable to them?

I'd sure like to hear from a few readers on this one. 

At present we are continuing to use the term "Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor", but there are also a few of us that use "Moxy Muscle Oxygenation Monitor" to describe the device.






In other news ...

• This is a big week.  We are planning to release the new web site for public use.  Can't wait to see what it looks like when finished.
• In the week following ... the new wireless version of the Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor we be available to our "Moxy Developers" group.  We currently are up to 13 (possibly 14) members in the group, and their on-line forum is set up and ready for feedback and discussion.  And you will have access to it!  I will be posting the web address soon.

Once again, thanks for reading my blog!

Stu