Trial reportPloS one2019
Daily fatigue-recovery balance monitoring with heart rate variability in well-trained female cyclists on the Tour de France circuit.
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- Rating of perceived exertion in continuous sports: a scoping review with evidence gap map.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- Orthostatic testing for heart rate and heart rate variability monitoring in exercise science and practice.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Review
- The Night-Time Sleep and Autonomic Activity of Male and Female Professional Road Cyclists Competing in the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Cardiac function and autonomic cardiac function during a multi-stage cycling event: a brief report.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- The Effect of Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Inflammation and Performance-Related Indices in Trained Athletes: A Double-Blinded Crossover Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Current and Future Trends in Strength and Conditioning for Female Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Impact of long-lasting moderate-intensity stage cycling event on cardiac function in young female athletes: A case study.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Use of a Smartphone Application in Monitoring HRV during an Altitude Training Camp in Professional Female Cyclists: A Preliminary Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Morning Heart Rate Variability as an Indication of Fatigue Status in Badminton Players during a Training Camp.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Modeling Stress-Recovery Status Through Heart Rate Changes Along a Cycling Grand Tour.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to analyze the daily heart rate variability (HRV) in well-trained female cyclists during the 2017 Tour de France circuit and to relate it to the load and perceived exertion response.
methodsTen female cyclists volunteered to participate in the study. HRV was recorded with a portable heart rate monitor each morning at rest in supine (7 min.) and upright (7 min.) positions, as well as throughout each day's stage. Pre-Tour baseline HRV recordings were made, as well as during the four weeks following completion of the Tour. Exercise daily load was assessed using the training impulse score (TRIMPS). Post-exercise rate of perceived exertion (RPE) was assessed daily using the Borg CR-10 scale.
resultsThe results show a HRV imbalance, increase of sympathetic and decrease of vagal activities respectively, along the event that correlated with rate of perceived exertion (r = 0.46), training impulse score (r = 0.60), and kilometers (r = 046). The greatest change in HRV balance was observed the days after the greatest relative physical load. Mean heart rate and heart rate variability values returned to their baseline values one week after completion of the event.
conclusionsDespite incomplete recovery from day-to-day, fatigue is not summative or augmented with each successive stage and its physical load. Just one week is sufficient to restore baseline values. Heart rate and HRV can be used as a tool to strategically plan the effort of female cyclists that participate in multi-stage events.
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