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Relation between heart rate variability and training load in middle-distance runners

PICHOT, Vincent, ROCHE, Fr??d??ric, GASPOZ, Jean-Michel, ENJOLRAS, Franck, ANTONIADIS, Anestis, MININI, Pascal, COSTES, Fr??d??ric, BUSSO, Thierry, LACOUR, Jean-Ren??, BARTH??L??MY, Jean Claude·2000·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
DOI 10.1097/00005768-200010000-00011
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PURPOSE: Monitoring physical performance is of major importance in competitive sports. Indices commonly used, like resting heart rate, VO2max, and hormones, cannot be easily used because of difficulties in routine use, of variations too small to be reliable, or of technical challenges in acquiring the data. METHODS: We chose to assess autonomic nervous system activity using heart rate variability in seven middle-distance runners, aged 24.6 +/- 4.8 yr, during their usual training cycle composed of 3 wk of heavy training periods, followed by a relative resting week. The electrocardiogram was recorded overnight twice a week and temporal and frequency indices of heart rate variability, using Fourier and Wavelet transforms, were calculated. Daily training loads and fatigue sensations were estimated with a questionnaire. Similar recordings were performed in a sedentary control group. RESULTS: The results demonstrated a significant and progressive decrease in parasympathetic indices of up to -41% (P < 0.05) during the 3 wk of heavy training, followed by a significant increase during the relative resting week of up to +46% (P < 0.05). The indices of sympathetic activity followed the opposite trend, first up to +31% and then -24% (P < 0.05), respectively. The percentage increasing mean nocturnal heart rate variation remained below 12% (P < 0.05). There was no significant variation in the control group. CONCLUSION: This study confirmed that heavy training shifted the cardiac autonomic balance toward a predominance of the sympathetic over the parasympathetic drive. When recorded during the night, heart rate variability appeared to be a better tool than resting heart rate to evaluate cumulated physical fatigue, as it magnified the induced changes in autonomic nervous system activity. These results could be of interest for optimizing individual training profiles.

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PICHOT, V., ROCHE, F., GASPOZ, J.-M., ENJOLRAS, F., ANTONIADIS, A., MININI, P., COSTES, F., BUSSO, T., LACOUR, J.-R., & BARTH??L??MY, J. C.
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  • Université Jean Monnet (FR)
  • Lyon 1 Université (FR)
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Venue
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2000-10
Volume
32
Issue
10
Pages
1729-1736
ISSN
0195-9131 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/00005768-200010000-00011
OpenAlex
W2135284591
Cited by
315
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
heart rate variability, training load, middle-distance runners, autonomic nervous system, sympathetic activity, parasympathetic activity, nocturnal heart rate variability, fatigue, training load monitoring, wavelet transform, Fourier transform
MeSH terms
Adult, Autonomic Nervous System, Electrocardiography, Fatigue, Fourier Analysis, Heart Rate, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Running, Case-Control Studies, Exercise Tolerance

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