ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2020
The physiology of rowing with perspective on training and health.
Review in European journal of applied physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acute and Chronic Performance Enhancement in Rowing: A Network Meta-analytical Approach on the Effects of Nutrition and Training.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- The Time Course of Cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Rowing Indoor Training in Post-Menopausal Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Feasibility and impact of whole-body high-intensity interval training in patients with stable coronary artery disease: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Mental Toughness and 2K Rowing Performance in Division II Female Collegiate Athletes: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Mixed-Effects Modeling.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association of self-reported sports volume and discipline with atrial arrhythmia prevalence in middle-aged males.European heart journal open · 2026Article
- Method-dependent differences in VO₂ peak determination and their implications for percentage-based exercise prescription in elite rowers.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Tier-specific physiological profiling in male rowers: insights from an integrated three-phase performance diagnostic framework.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Anthropometric Determinants of Rowing Performance in a Multinational Youth Cohort.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- A pilot self-coach alignment audit in NCAA collegiate rowers: field feasibility, null findings, and design-sensitivity analysis for future self-verification research.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Physiological Demands Across Exercise Intensity Domains in Rowing: Implications of Weight Category and Sex Differences.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Metabolomics Signatures of a Respiratory Tract Infection During an Altitude Training Camp in Elite Rowers.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Optimizing the Interpretation of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Endurance Athletes: Precision Approach for Health and Performance.Translational sports medicine · 2025Review
- Fixed-Seat Rowing versus Sliding-Seat Rowing: Effects on Physical Fitness in Breast Cancer Survivors.Cancers · 2024Article
- Acute cardiovascular and muscular response to rowing ergometer exercise in artificial gravity - a pilot trial.NPJ microgravity · 2024Article
- A Rigorous and Integrated On-Water Monitoring System for Performance and Technique Improvement in Rowing.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Kinematics of Fixed-Seat Rowing: A Structured Synthesis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- On the Kinematics of the Forward-Facing Venetian-Style Rowing Technique.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mental and physiological wellbeing while rowing across the North Atlantic: a single-case study of subjective versus objective data.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Wheelchair-modified ergometer rowing exercise in individuals with spinal cord injury: a feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy study.Spinal cord series and cases · 2022Article
- Patterns of Intervertebral Disk Alteration in Asymptomatic Elite Rowers: A T2* MRI Mapping Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThis review presents a perspective on the expansive literature on rowing.
methodsThe PubMed database was searched for the most relevant literature, while some information was obtained from books.
resultsFollowing the life span of former rowers paved the way to advocate exercise for health promotion. Rowing involves almost all muscles during the stroke and competition requires a large oxygen uptake, which is challenged by the pulmonary diffusion capacity and restriction in blood flow to the muscles. Unique training adaptations allow for simultaneous engagement of the legs in the relatively slow movement of the rowing stroke that, therefore, involves primarily slow-twitch muscle fibres. Like other sport activities, rowing is associated with adaptation not only of the heart, including both increased internal diameters and myocardial size, but also skeletal muscles with hypertrophy of especially slow-twitch muscle fibres. The high metabolic requirement of intense rowing reduces blood pH and, thereby, arterial oxygen saturation decreases as arterial oxygen tension becomes affected.
conclusionCompetitive rowing challenges most systems in the body including pulmonary function and circulatory control with implication for cerebral blood flow and neuromuscular activation. Thus, the physiology of rowing is complex, but it obviously favours large individuals with arms and legs that allow the development of a long stroke. Present inquiries include the development of an appropriately large cardiac output despite the Valsalva-like manoeuvre associated with the stroke, and the remarkable ability of the brain to maintain motor control and metabolism despite marked reductions in cerebral blood flow and oxygenation.
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