Autonomic Control of Heart Rate during and after Exercise: Measurements and Implications for Monitoring Training Status

Endurance training decreases resting and submaximal heart rate, while maximum heart rate may decrease slightly or remain unchanged after training. The effect of endurance training on various indices of heart rate variability remains inconclusive. This may be due to the use of inconsistent analysis m...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sports medicine (Auckland) 2008-01, Vol.38 (8), p.633-646
Main Authors: Borresen, Jill, Lambert, Michael I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Autonomic Nervous System - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Exercise
Exercise - physiology
Fitness training programs
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health aspects
Heart beat
Heart rate
Heart Rate - physiology
Hemodynamics. Rheology
Homeostasis
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolism
Nervous system
Physical Endurance - physiology
Physical Fitness - physiology
Physiological aspects
Physiology
Review Article
Sports Medicine
Vertebrates: cardiovascular system
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Endurance training decreases resting and submaximal heart rate, while maximum heart rate may decrease slightly or remain unchanged after training. The effect of endurance training on various indices of heart rate variability remains inconclusive. This may be due to the use of inconsistent analysis methodologies and different training programmes that make it difficult to compare the results of various studies and thus reach a consensus on the specific training effects on heart rate variability. Heart rate recovery after exercise involves a coordinated interaction of parasympathetic re-activation and sympathetic withdrawal. It has been shown that a delayed heart rate recovery is a strong predictor of mortality. Conversely, endurance-trained athletes have an accelerated heart rate recovery after exercise. Since the autonomic nervous system is interlinked with many other physiological systems, the responsiveness of the autonomic nervous system in maintaining homeostasis may provide useful information about the functional adaptations of the body. This review investigates the potential of using heart rate recovery as a measure of training-induced disturbances in autonomic control, which may provide useful information for training prescription.
ISSN:0112-1642
1179-2035
DOI:10.2165/00007256-200838080-00002