ArticleJournal of human kinetics2020
Heart Rate Variability is Correlated with Perceived Physical Fitness in Elite Soccer Players.
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Efficacy of Non-invasive Neuromodulation NESA in Neuroefficiency in Basketball Players on the Field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Heart rate variability and overtraining in soccer players: A systematic review.Physiological reports · 2025Pooled it
- The relationship between resting heart rate variability and sportive performance, sleep and body awareness in soccer players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Correlation Between Heart Rate Variability and Agility Scores of Elite Badminton Players: A Pilot Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Evaluating High and Low Heart Rate Variability Response and Neurocognitive Performance in Workers: An Exploratory Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Autonomic Nervous System Influences on Cardiovascular Self-Organized Criticality.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Validation Study of Heart Rate Variability Index in Monitoring Basketball Training Load.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Differences in Nervous Autonomic Control in Response to a Single Session of Exercise in Bodybuilders Using Anabolic Androgenic Steroids.Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Applying Heart Rate Variability to Monitor Health and Performance in Tactical Personnel: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Effects of Circuit Weight-Interval Training on Physical Fitness, Cardiac Autonomic Control, and Quality of Life in Sedentary Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Superior Adaptations in Adolescent Runners Using Heart Rate Variability (HRV)-Guided Training at Altitude.Biosensors · 2021Article
- Immersive Virtual Reality Influences Physiologic Responses to Submaximal Exercise: A Randomized, Crossover Trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- The Advantage of Supine and Standing Heart Rate Variability Analysis to Assess Training Status and Performance in a Walking Ultramarathon.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Do you Play or Do you Train? Insights From Individual Sports for Training Load and Injury Risk Management in Team Sports Based on Individualization.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- How to Use Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Data to Monitor Training Load in the "Real World" of Elite Soccer.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) has been typically used to monitor athletes' physical fitness readiness. The supine position maximizes parasympathetic tone, which is important for monitoring in continuous aerobic sports, however, this is not the case of team sports that rely on anaerobic intermittent bouts, thus increasing sympathetic activation and vagal withdrawal. We hypothesized that HRV during sympathetic activation and vagal withdrawal would be a useful marker to evaluate perceived physical fitness in team sports. HRV was measured in both supine and standing positions during the mornings of 4 match days in 14 professional players. The supine Root Mean Square of the Successive Differences (RMSSD), as well as spectral analysis indices were recorded. Perceived physical fitness was assessed after each match by means of a visual analogue scale (VAS). Supine RMSSD was moderately correlated with perceived physical fitness (rho = 0.416), however, larger correlations were observed for supine and standing spectral indices (rho > 0.5). Correlation between RMSSD and Total Power was very large, thus questioning the usual interpretation of RMSSD (rho > 0.7). Standing Spectral HRV analyses may be a useful method for evaluating perceived physical fitness in the context of team sports. RMSSD may reflect the overall variability of HR and not only the parasympathetic influence, as observed in the current study.
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