The effects of a 3-day mountain bike cycling race on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and heart rate variability in amateur cyclists: a prospective quantitative research design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The acute and chronic adaptation of endurance athletes' hearts shows that increased volume of endurance exercise might cause an acute reduction in cardiac function, causing a physiological cascade that leads to the release of cardiac biomarkers specific to cardiomyocyte stress. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a valuable tool used as a physiological measurement to evaluate the autonomic nervous system (ANS). It is frequently used to assess cardiac autonomic regulation, determining a patient's risk for unfavorable events. This study set out to determine the changes in the ANS by participating in a 3-day mountain bike cycling race in amateur cyclists using HRV as an outcome measure.

Methods

Sixteen healthy participants (male and female) participating in a 3-day mount

SUBMITTER: Swart A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808932 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature