Journal article
Effect of water immersion temperature on heart rate variability following exercise in the heat
Kinesiology, Vol.50(1), pp.67-74
2018
Abstract
This study compared the effect of passive rest (CON) and water immersion at 8.6±0.2°C (CWI9), 14.6±0.3°C (CWI15) and 35.0±0.4°C (thermoneutral water immersion [TWI]) on post-exercise heart rate variability (HRV) indices. In a climate chamber (32.8±0.4°C, 32±5% relative humidity), nine men completed 25 min of cycling at the first ventilatory threshold and repeated 30-second bouts at 90% of peak power followed by a 5-minute recovery treatment in a randomised crossover manner. All water immersion re-established the HRV indices (natural logarithm of the square root of the mean sum squared differences between RR intervals [ln rMSSD], low-frequency [lnLF] and high-frequency power densities [lnHF] and Poincaré plotderived measures [lnSD1 and lnSD2]) to the pre-exercise levels at 60 min post-immersion; however, only CWI9 accelerated parasympathetic reactivation during immersion. CWI9 increased lnLF and lnSD2 during immersion when compared with CON (p<.05). Although CWI9 had a large positive effect size (ES>0.80) on all HRV indices during immersion when compared with CON, between-conditions differences were observed only in lnLF and lnSD2 (p=.017-.023). CWI15 had a large positive ES on ln rMSSD and lnSD1 when compared with CON (both p=.064). Sympathovagal antagonism (i.e., SD ratio<0.15) did not occur during CWI9 and CWI15. Hence, both CWI treatments are effective means of enhancing post-exercise parasympathetic reactivation, but CWI9 is likely to be more effective at increasing post-exercise cardiac vagal tone.
Details
- Title
- Effect of water immersion temperature on heart rate variability following exercise in the heat
- Authors/Creators
- H.C. Choo (Author/Creator)K. Nosaka (Author/Creator)J.J. Peiffer (Author/Creator)M. Ihsan (Author/Creator)C.C. Yeo (Author/Creator)C.R. Abbiss (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Kinesiology, Vol.50(1), pp.67-74
- Publisher
- University of Zagreb
- Identifiers
- 991005542129707891
- Copyright
- © 2018, University of Zagreb - Faculty of Kinesiology
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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