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Cardiac autonomic modulation post-maximal incremental exercise is not influenced by body mass index in young adult men

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Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to analyze whether cardiac autonomic modulation recovery at short-term after maximal incremental exercise test in young adults is influenced by the body mass index (BMI).

Methods

Forty-eight healthy untrained men (22.26 ± 3.08 years old) were evaluated; 18 were normal weight (NW: 21.89 ± 1.75 kg m−2), 11 were overweight (Ov: 27.00 ± 1.38 kg m−2) and 19 were obese (O: 34.38 ± 3.36 kg m−2). After the maximal incremental exercise test, a 10 min recovery (5 min actively, followed by 5 min passively) was performed to analyze cardiac autonomic modulation recovery. The root mean square successive differences between adjacent RR intervals (RMSSD) and standard deviation of all normal RR intervals (SDNN) indexes were determined in successive non-overlapped 30 s segments transformed in natural logarithmic—Ln.

Results

LnRMSSD and LnSDNN indexes were reduced at the end of the incremental exercise test and remained reduced throughout 5 min of active recovery, and throughout 5 min after this time compared to baseline resting (p < 0.05), with no differences (p > 0.05) among the groups. However, throughout 5 min (330–600 s) after active recovery, the LnSDNN values were higher than the end of exercise (NW: 0.56 ± 0.19; Ov: 0.56 ± 0.25; O: 0.57 ± 0.16 ms; p < 0.05).

Conclusions

Although there was no vagal reactivation at short-term after a maximal incremental exercise test, there were alterations in the overall heart rate variability regardless of BMI in apparently healthy young adult men.

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Abbreviations

BMI:

Body mass index

HRV:

Heart rate variability

NW:

Normal weight

O :

Obese

Ov:

Overweight

RMSSD:

Root mean square successive difference between adjacent RR intervals

SDNN:

Standard deviation of all normal RR intervals

VE:

Ventilation

VO2 :

Oxygen consumption

VCO2 :

Carbon dioxide production

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Funding

This research was supported by the Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Mato Grosso under grant [FAPEMAT- number 151411/2014], Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico under grant [CNPq - number 443361/2014-2], Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Mato Grosso (FAPEMAT) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for granting the scholarships in master degree.

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    Diego Augusto Nunes Rezende, Jaqueline Alves de Araújo, Marilene Gonçalves Queiroz, Gisela Arsa & Lucieli Teresa Cambri

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Rezende, D.A.N., de Araújo, J.A., Queiroz, M.G. et al. Cardiac autonomic modulation post-maximal incremental exercise is not influenced by body mass index in young adult men. Sport Sci Health 15, 311–317 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-018-0514-6

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