SynthesisAnnals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2020
Correlation properties of heart rate variability during endurance exercise: A systematic review.
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- Heart Rate Variability-Derived Thresholds for Exercise Intensity Prescription in Endurance Sports: A Systematic Review of Interrelations and Agreement with Different Ventilatory and Blood Lactate Thresholds.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- Can Reactivity of Heart Rate Variability Be a Potential Biomarker and Monitoring Tool to Promote Healthy Aging? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Pooled it
- Correlation properties of heart rate variability during endurance exercise: A systematic review.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2020Pooled it
- Recovery of Linear and Nonlinear Heart Rate Variability Metrics After Short-Term Moderate versus Vigorous Intensity Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Randomized Cross-Over Study.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Heart rate variability response of intensity-matched strength training dependent on body position in females: a pilot randomized crossover study : Autonomic responses of strength training depending on body position.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Correlation properties of heart rate variability for exercise prescription during prolonged running at constant speeds: A randomized cross-over trial.European journal of sport science · 2024Trial
- Kinetics of submaximal DFA α1 prior and post maximal efforts in trained and highly trained male and female cyclists.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Investigating the Acute Effect of Different Training Protocols on Heart Rate Variability.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- DFAα1 as an intensity-sensitive biomarker for exercise prescription: a prospective cross-sectional study in healthy young adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Hurst-Kolmogorov Process is a More Reliable and Statistically Powerful Alternative to Detrended Fluctuation Analysis for Estimating Hurst in Short Walking Trials.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Unlocking high-intensity performance thresholds through ventilatory signatures in the ECG.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Task difficulty influences heart rate variability: evidence from a pilot study using a multi-level mental arithmetic task.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Ischemic preconditioning enhances autonomic nervous system modulation during frequency speed of kick test in taekwondo athletes: a randomized crossover study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Agreement between heart rate variability-derived and lactate/ventilatory thresholds during a 4-min stepwise incremental cycling test in male adults.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Time-variability of muscle oxygen saturation during graded maximal exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Acute effects of aerobic versus anaerobic running on heart rate variability and autonomic nervous system indices in male college athletes: a within-subject comparison.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Laser Doppler mapping of lower limb skin perfusion before and 5 h after exercise in warm conditions.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Investigating HRV's contribution to identify exercise pattern and intensity in healthy subjects.PloS one · 2026Article
- Detection of exercise intensity thresholds in patients with chronic heart failure based on correlation properties of heart rate variability.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations.Experimental physiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundNon-linear measures of heart rate variability (HRV) may provide new opportunities to monitor cardiac autonomic regulation during exercise. In healthy individuals, the HRV signal is mainly composed of quasi-periodic oscillations, but it also possesses random fluctuations and so-called fractal structures. One widely applied approach to investigate fractal correlation properties of heart rate (HR) time series is the detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). DFA is a non-linear method to quantify the fractal scale and the degree of correlation of a time series. Regarding the HRV analysis, it should be noted that the short-term scaling exponent alpha1 of DFA has been used not only to assess cardiovascular risk but also to assess prognosis and predict mortality in clinical settings. It has also been proven to be useful for application in exercise settings including higher exercise intensities, non-stationary data segments, and relatively short recording times.
methodTherefore, the purpose of this systematic review was to analyze studies that investigated the effects of acute dynamic endurance exercise on DFA-alpha1 as a proxy of correlation properties in the HR time series.
resultsThe initial search identified 442 articles (351 in PubMed, 91 in Scopus), of which 11 met all inclusion criteria.
conclusionsThe included studies show that DFA-alpha1 of HRV is suitable for distinguishing between different organismic demands during endurance exercise and may prove helpful to monitor responses to different exercise intensities, movement frequencies, and exercise durations. Additionally, non-linear DFA of HRV is a suitable analytical approach, providing a differentiated and qualitative view of exercise physiology.
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