2016, Volume 12

Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?



Philippe Vacher1, Michel Nicolas1, Laurent Mourot2

1Research unit EA4180, Social Psychology and Sports Management, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
2Research unit EA 3920, Prognostic markers and regulatory factors of heart and vascular diseases and Exercise Performance, Health, Innovation platform, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France


Author for correspondence: Philippe Vacher; Research unit EA4180, Social Psychology and Sports Management, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France; email: philippe.vacher[at]u-bourgogne.fr


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Abstract

Background and Study Aim: Previous studies in adults and endurance athletes have evaluated whether heart rate variability (HRV) can be used to monitor training load. We aimed to answer to question: whether HRV monitoring is useful in elite adolescent athletes practicing a sport with a major anaerobic component, i.e. judo.

Material and Methods: Eleven young swimmers (age 15.5 ±0.9 years) were compared to eleven young judoka (age 15.0 ±0.9) before and after two weeks of a similar increase in training load. Autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity was evaluated by HRV analysis during an active tilt-test (8 min supine followed by 8 min standing).

Results: In both sports, increase in parasympathetic indices (especially the proportion of adjacent RR intervals that differ by >50ms (pNN50) and the square root of the mean of the squares of successive RR differences (rMSSD) was associated with increase in training load). The association was higher in judoka than in swimmers, and higher in standing than in supine.

Conclusions: In elite adolescent athletes, we successfully monitored ANS response to training using HRV analysis, independently of the sport practiced. Moreover, pNN50 and rMSSD, both indicators of parasympathetic activity, appear to be the most pertinent indices to monitor ANS response in elite adolescent athletes. Our results also indicate that dynamic evaluation (dynamic change from supine to standing) with an active tilt-test is preferable to resting evaluation (supine rest only).


Key words: martial arts, exercise training, autonomic nervous system, tilt-test, training load


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AMA:

Vacher P, Nicolas M, Mourot L. Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?. ARCH BUDO. 2016;12

APA:

Vacher, P., Nicolas, M., & Mourot, L. (2016). Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?. ARCH BUDO, 12

Chicago:

Vacher, Philippe, Nicolas Michel, Mourot Laurent. 2016. "Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?". ARCH BUDO 12

Harvard:

Vacher, P., Nicolas, M., and Mourot, L. (2016). Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?. ARCH BUDO, 12

MLA:

Vacher, Philippe et al. "Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?." ARCH BUDO, vol. 12, 2016

Vancouver:

Vacher P, Nicolas M, Mourot L. Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers?. ARCH BUDO 2016; 12