Evaluation of electrocardiographic parameters in amputee football players

Ahmet Kurtoğlu; Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu; Alkame Akgümüş; Bekir Çar; Özgür Eken; Ioan Sârbu; Carmen Iulia Ciongradi; Dan Iulian Alexe; Iuliana Laura Candussi

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189712

Evaluation of electrocardiographic parameters in amputee football players

Front Psychol. 2023 Jul 24:14:1189712. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189712. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ahmet Kurtoğlu¹, Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu², Alkame Akgümüş³, Bekir Çar⁴, Özgür Eken⁵, Ioan Sârbu⁶, Carmen Iulia Ciongradi⁶, Dan Iulian Alexe⁷, Iuliana Laura Candussi⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport Science, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Balikesir, Türkiye.
² Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Malatya, Türkiye.
³ Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Balikesir, Türkiye.
⁴ Department of Physical Education and Sport Teaching, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Balikesir, Türkiye.
⁵ Department of Physical Education and Sport Teaching, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Inonu University, Malatya, Türkiye.
⁶ Second Department of Surgery-Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Iași, Romania.
⁷ Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health, Sciences, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau, Bacau, Romania.
⁸ Clinical Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Galați, Romania.

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to compare electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters of amputee football players (AF) with football players without disability (FP) and sedentary individuals without disability (SI).

Methods: A total of 32 participants (AF = 9, FP = 11, SI = 12) were included in the study. ECG parameters including P-wave amplitude, P-wave duration, PR interval, QRS duration, RR interval, QT interval, corrected-QT interval (QTc), ST segment duration, Tp-e duration, Tp-e/QT and Tp-e/QTc ratios were assessed in all the study participants by using a 12-lead ECG device. OneWay ANOVA Test was used for statistical analysis.

Results: Of all ECG parameters, P-wave amplitude and QTc were significantly higher in the AF group in comparison to FP and SI groups. QRS duration was found to be lower in the AF group when compared to FP and SI groups. Myocardial repolarization parameters including Tp-e duration, Tp-e/QT and Tp-e/QTc ratios were similar between groups, as were other parameters such as P-wave duration, PR interval, RR interval, QRS duration and QT interval.

Conclusion: It was found that some ECG parameters of amputee football players differ from those with non-disabled players and non-disabled sedentary individuals. These different parameters were within normal limits.

Keywords: amputation; cardiac function; disability; electrocardiography; football.