Interval training in elderly men increases both heart rate variability and baroreflex activity

Autonomic nervous system activity decreases continuously with age and appears to be a powerful predictor of disease and death. Attempts are thus made to reactivate autonomic drive with the intent of improving health. We assessed maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), autonomic nervous system activity...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical autonomic research 2005-04, Vol.15 (2), p.107-115
Hauptverfasser: Pichot, Vincent, Roche, Frédéric, Denis, Christian, Garet, Martin, Duverney, David, Costes, Frédéric, Barthélémy, Jean-Claude
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Zusammenfassung:Autonomic nervous system activity decreases continuously with age and appears to be a powerful predictor of disease and death. Attempts are thus made to reactivate autonomic drive with the intent of improving health. We assessed maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), autonomic nervous system activity by heart rate variability (HRV) analysis and spontaneous cardiac baroreflex activity (SBR) in eleven elderly men (73.5+/-4.2 years) before and after a 14-week program of intensive cycloergometer interval training. The standard HRV indices were calculated using time domain (mean RR, PNN50, RMSSD, SDNN, SDANN and SDNNIDX), and Fourier transform (total power, ULF,VLF, LF, LFnu, HF, HFnu and LF/HF) analyses of 24-hour, daytime and nighttime Holter recordings. The SBR was calculated from 15-minute recordings of spontaneous blood pressure and RR interval variations using the sequence (slope, slSBR) and cross-spectral (alphaSBRHF and alphaSBRLF) methods. After the training period,VO2max increased by 18.6 % (26.8+/-4.4 to 31.8+/-5.2 ml.kg(-1).min(-1), p
ISSN:0959-9851
1619-1560
DOI:10.1007/s10286-005-0251-1