Daily heart rate variability of Paralympic gold medallist swimmers: A 17-week investigation

Rohan Edmonds; Anthony Leicht; Mark McKean; Brendan J Burkett

doi:10.1016/j.jshs.2014.08.002

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Daily heart rate variability of Paralympic gold medallist swimmers: A 17-week investigation

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Daily heart rate variability of Paralympic gold medallist swimmers: A 17-week investigation

Rohan Edmonds, Anthony Leicht, Mark McKean and Brendan J Burkett

Journal of Sport and Health Science, Vol.4(4), pp.371-376

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2014.08.002

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Abstract

autonomic nervous system

cardiac modulation

disability

elite athlete

periodised training

testing

Objectives: Heart rate variability (HRV) can be a simple, non-invasive method of gauging cardiac autonomic nervous system fluctuations across periodised training workloads and taper in elite athlete populations. The purpose of these three case studies was to examine daily cardiac autonomic variations in Paralympic athletes leading in to the Paralympic games. Methods: Three Paralympic gold medallist swimmers were monitored daily for their resting HRV over a 17 week monitoring period leading up to the Paralympic games. Specific time- and frequency-domain measures, along with non-linear indices of HRV were calculated for all analyses. All HRV data were analysed individually using daily values, weekly average values, and average values for rest and training phases. Results: A significant difference in HRV was seen for all variables between athlete 1 and athletes 2 and 3 (amputee disabilities) during the entire monitoring period. Conclusion: Despite minimal long-term changes, both swimming classification and disability type significantly influence HRV during athlete monitoring. An increased understanding of individual responses to training, travel and other outside influences affecting Paralympic athletes could potentially lead to improved management and monitoring of training workloads for enhanced performance.

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Title: Daily heart rate variability of Paralympic gold medallist swimmers: A 17-week investigation
Authors: Rohan Edmonds (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Anthony Leicht (Author) - James Cook University
Mark McKean (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Brendan J Burkett (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Journal of Sport and Health Science, Vol.4(4), pp.371-376
Publisher: Shanghai Tiyu Xueyuan
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2014.08.002
ISSN: 2095-2546
Copyright note: Copyright © 2014 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Shanghai University of Sport. This article is open access with a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Dervitaves 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Organisation Unit: School of Health - High Performance Sport; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448938202621
Output Type: Journal article

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