Initial Weekly HRV Response is Related to the Prospective Change in VO2max in Female Soccer Players

M. R. Esco; A. A. Flatt; F. Y. Nakamura

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1569342

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Table of Contents

Int J Sports Med 2016; 37(06): 436-441
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1569342

Training & Testing

Initial Weekly HRV Response is Related to the Prospective Change in VO_2max in Female Soccer Players

Authors

M. R. Esco

¹Physical Education and Exercise Science, Human Performance Laboratory, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, United States
A. A. Flatt

²Kinesiology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States
F. Y. Nakamura

³Departamento de Educação, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Física, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether the early response in weekly measures of HRV, when derived from a smartphone application, were related to the eventual change in VO_2max following an off-season training program in female soccer athletes. 9 female collegiate soccer players participated in an 11-week off-season conditioning program. In the week immediately before and after the training program, each participant performed a test on a treadmill to determine maximal oxygen consumption (VO_2max). Daily measures of the log-transformed root mean square of successive R-R intervals (lnRMSSD) were performed by the participants throughout week 1 and week 3 of the conditioning program. The mean and coefficient of variation (CV) lnRMSSD values of week 1 showed small (r=− 0.13, p=0.74) and moderate (r=0.57, p=0.11), respectively, non-significant correlations to the change in VO_2max at the end of the conditioning program (∆VO_2max). Significant and near-perfect correlation was found between the change in the weekly mean lnRMSSD values from weeks 1 and 3 (∆lnRMSSD_M) and ∆VO_2max (r=0.90, p=0.002). The current results have identified that the initial change in weekly mean lnRMSSD from weeks 1 to 3 of a conditioning protocol was strongly associated with the eventual adaptation of VO_2max.

Key words

parasympathetic - autonomic - female athletes - athlete monitoring

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