The impact of elevated blood pressure on exercise capacity in elite athletes

Research on heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and blood pressure (BP) during specific training stages is less common in endurance athletes, whereas resting BP and HR are less studied in relationship to HRmax. In the current study, the objective was to conduct a medium-term HR, BP and MAP analysis while tracking individual training outcomes. The study was conducted during the 2017–2018 season, over 43 days and 1033 km of training volume, on 12 competitive male cross-country ski athletes. One VO2max test was performed 10 days before the start of the training program. After the test, training volume and intensity was preset for each subject, according to the general training methodology. Early morning HR, MAP and BP measurements were taken as part of the basic functional analysis. Training volume was correlated to both distance (p = 0.01, r = 0.85, CI95% = 0.80 to 0.88) and training HR%, namely the percentage of HRmax (p = 0.01, r = −0.47, CI95% = −0.58 to −0.34). Both the supine (sHR) and orthostatic HR (oHR) values were significantly correlated with the training intensity. We obtained a significant correlation between sHR and oHR values and the training objective (p = 0.01). An increased oHR was correlated to high intensity training activity (HIT) during the second training session (p = 0.01). Heart rate and blood pressure measurements represent predictive functional adaptation parameters over different training phases. We highlight a link between sHR, oHR, MAP data, and the athletes’ ability to perform in lower effort zones during physical exertion. However, we failed to validate MAP as a cardiovascular stress indicator following high intensity training.

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“…Our papers does confirm other recent findings in the literature regarding blood pressure and athlete performance [34,48].…”

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Individual Adaptation in Cross-Country Skiing Based on Tracking during Training Conditions

Martin

Hadmaş

2019

Sports

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“…The mean age of the elite sportsmen participating in the study was found to be 19.2±6.3. When the other studies are analyzed it is seen that the mean age is 20.3±1.6 in a study in the USA, 23±5 in a study in Serbia, and 24.1±5.1 in an Australian study (Galli et.al., 2014;Mazic et.al., 2015;Juliff et.al., 2015). Accordingly, the elite triathletes in our study are from a younger age-group.…”

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confidence: 99%

Elit Sporcuların Kaygı Durumlarını Etkileyen Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi

Gündoğdu

Çelebi

Halisdemir

2015

ISSCS

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The purpose of this study was to determine the anxiety the triathlon sportsmen of national teams experience before competitions and the factors that affect this kind of anxiety. This descriptive study was carried out with the voluntary participation of 104 sportsmen who participated in the Istanbul European Cup, Elazıg Balkan Grand Prix and Alanya World Cup in 2014. The data collection instrument was an interview questionnaire developed by the researchers, and the Cronbach alpha of the questions was 0.77. The data were analyzed with a statistical program, and independent samples t-test and ANOVA were used. According to the data, the following findings were identified: the sportsmen of the Turkish national team felt pre-competition anxiety more than the sportsmen of foreign national teams. The female sportsmen experienced the physical symptoms of anxiety more. The younger sportsmen felt more anxious about the fact that they were not going to perform well in the competition. The anxiety of making mistakes decreased with age. Those whose sporting age was lower felt more anxious for not performing well and for making mistakes.

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“…The main characteristic of a professional athlete is the possibility to achieve series of physiological adaptations, enabling better performance [18]. Exercising muscles are in need of a prompt, but very precise response of the respiratory and cardiovascular system in order to provide fine matching of the blood perfusion to metabolic demands [19][20][21][22]. PC reflexes are involved in ventilatory stimulation during exercise [23].…”

Section: Peripheral Chemoreceptors and Exercisementioning

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The regulation role of carotid body peripheral chemoreceptors in physiological and pathophysiological conditions

et al. 2016

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The importance and the role of peripheral chemoreceptors in the course of the breathing control is still controversial, despite many scientific attempts to solve this problem. The main objective of this review is to give the latest data on the peripheral chemoreceptor role and to highlight the importance of peripheral chemoreceptors for maintaining of oxygen homeostasis in pateints with hypoxia caused by either physiological or pathological conditions.

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The impact of elevated blood pressure on exercise capacity in elite athletes

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Individual Adaptation in Cross-Country Skiing Based on Tracking during Training Conditions

Individual Adaptation in Cross-Country Skiing Based on Tracking during Training Conditions

Elit Sporcuların Kaygı Durumlarını Etkileyen Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi

The regulation role of carotid body peripheral chemoreceptors in physiological and pathophysiological conditions

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