ArticleBiology of sport2014
Relationships between heart rate and physiological parameters of performance in top-level water polo players.
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- Positional Differences in Youth Water Polo Players: Cognitive Functions, Specific Swimming Capacities and Anthropometric Characteristics.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Swimming exercise support respiratory functions of children with mild intellectual disabilities: controlled study.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Actual Playing Time of Water Polo Players in Relation to the Field Position.Journal of human kinetics · 2020Article
- Phosphorus supplementation raised the heart rate of male water polo players during a randomised graded dryland exercise test.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Article
- Physical Performance During Water-Polo Matches: The Effect of the Players' Competitive Level.Journal of human kinetics · 2016Article
- Anthropometric and physiological characteristics of Melanesian futsal players: a first approach to talent identification in Oceania.Biology of sport · 2015Article
- Sport-specific influences on respiratory patterns in elite athletes.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e TisilogiaArticle
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to measure the heart rate (HR) response of eight elite water polo players during the four 7-min quarters of the game and to check for relationships with the physiological parameters of performance ([Formula: see text]O2max, Th1vent, Th2vent). Each athlete performed a [Formula: see text]O2max treadmill test and played a water polo game wearing a heart rate monitor. The game fatigue index was calculated as the ratio of the fourth-quarter HR to the first-quarter HR: HR4/HR1. The results showed a slight decrease in fourth-quarter HR compared with the first quarter, with the mean four-quarter HR equal to 79.9±4.2% of HRmax. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed [Formula: see text]O2max to be the main explanatory factor of game intensity, i.e. game HR expressed in %HRreserve (R=0.88, P<0.01). We observed that higher aerobic capacity resulted in higher game intensity. We also observed a decrease in the playing intensity in the fourth quarter compared with the first, likely due to very high game involvement. We concluded that high aerobic capacity seems necessary to ensure high game intensity in water polo. This suggests that coaches should encourage their athletes to reach a minimum level of [Formula: see text]O2max and that HR monitoring could be of great interest in the control of water polo training sessions.
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