Heart rate variability to assess ventilatory thresholds in professional basketball players
Autor/es
Luque, Antonio; Ramos Campo, Domingo Jesús; Rubio Arias, Jacobo Ángel; Ávila Gandía, Vicente; Marín Pagán, Cristian; [et al.]Fecha
2017-12Disciplina/s
Actividad Física y DeporteMateria/s
Anaerobic thresholdBasketball
Oxygen uptake
Performa
Training
Ventilatory threshold
Resumen
Purpose
The aim of this study was to determine if heart rate variability (HRV) during incremental test could be used to estimate ventilatory threshold (VT) in professional basketball players, with sufficient precision to be used in their training. Furthermore, the second aim was to analyse the association between HRV and 3 methods of VT determination by gas analysis.
Methods
Twenty-four professional basketball players (age: 23.4 ± 4.9 years; height: 195.4 ± 9.8 cm; body mass: 92.2 ± 11.9 kg) performed an incremental running test to exhaustion. First ventilatory threshold (VT1) was determined by ventilatory equivalent (VE) and HRV and second ventilatory threshold (VT2) was determined by 3 methods of gases analysis (V-slope, VE and gas exchange ratio (R), and HRV). Pearson's coefficient (r) was used to detect differences between data and the strength of each relationship. The mean of absolute differences and Bland–Altman analysis were used to evaluate whether there was agreement.
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