Exponential model for analysis of heart rate responses and autonomic cardiac modulation during different intensities of physical exercise

Lucas Raphael Bento Silva; Paulo Roberto Viana Gentil; Thomas Beltrame; Marco Antônio Basso Filho; Fagner Medeiros Alves; Maria Sebastiana Silva; Gustavo Rodrigues Pedrino; Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo; Victor Coswig; Ana Cristina Silva Rebelo

doi:10.1098/rsos.190639

Exponential model for analysis of heart rate responses and autonomic cardiac modulation during different intensities of physical exercise

R Soc Open Sci. 2019 Oct 16;6(10):190639. doi: 10.1098/rsos.190639. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Authors

Lucas Raphael Bento Silva^{1

2

3}, Paulo Roberto Viana Gentil^{2

3}, Thomas Beltrame^{4

5

6}, Marco Antônio Basso Filho⁷, Fagner Medeiros Alves², Maria Sebastiana Silva^{2

3}, Gustavo Rodrigues Pedrino⁸, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo⁹, Victor Coswig¹⁰, Ana Cristina Silva Rebelo^{3

11}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education, Faculty Araguaia, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
² Faculty of Physical Education and Dance, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
³ School of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
⁴ Institute of Computing, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Physiotherapy, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Department of Physiotherapy, School of Social Sciences and Health, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
⁸ Center for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
⁹ Laboratory of Human Performance, Research Nucleus in Health, Physical Activity and Sport, GIAP in Quality of Life and Human Well-Being, Department of Physical Activity Science, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile.
¹⁰ College of Physical Education, Federal University of Pará, Castanhal, Brazil.
¹¹ Department of Morphology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the heart rate (HR) dynamics and variability before and after high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) protocols with workloads based on treadmill workload at which maximal oxygen uptake was achieved $(WL \dot{V} O_{2} max)$ . Ten participants performed cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) to obtain oxygen uptake $(WL \dot{V} O_{2} max)$ . All training protocols were performed on a treadmill, with 0% grade, and had similar total distance. The MICT was composed by 21 min at 70% of $WL \dot{V} O_{2} max$ . The first HIIT protocol (HIIT-30 : 30) was composed by 29 repetitions of 30 s at 100% of $s \dot{V} O_{2} max$ and the second HIIT protocol (HIIT-4 : 3) was composed by three repetitions of 4 min at 90% of $WL \dot{V} O_{2} max$ . Before, during and after each training protocol, HR dynamics and variability (HRV) were analysed by standard kinetics and linear (time and frequency domains). The repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that the HR dynamics, which characterizes the speed of HR during the rest to exercise transition, was statistically (p < 0.05) slower during MICT in comparison to both HIIT protocols. The HRV analysis, which characterizes the cardiac autonomic modulation during the exercise recovery, was statistically higher in HIIT-4 : 3 in comparison to MICT and HIIT-30 : 30 protocols (p < 0.005 and p = 0.012, respectively), suggesting that the HIIT-4 : 3 induced higher sympathetic and lower parasympathetic modulation during exercise in comparison to the other training protocols. In conclusion, HIIT-4 : 3 demonstrated post-exercise sympathetic hyperactivity and a higher HRpeak, while the HIIT-30 : 30 and MICT resulted in better HRV and HR in the exercise-recovery transition. The cardiac autonomic balance increased in HIIT-30 : 30 while HIIT-4 : 3 induced sympathetic hyperactivity and cardiac overload.

Keywords: HIIT; health; physical exercise; young people.

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