Different sport modalities in adolescent athletes are associated with distinct cardiac adaptations, such as larger left auricle diameters in basketball and hockey players versus judokas (p=0.011).
Cross-Sectional (n=164)
Does the type of sport modality affect heart morphology and cardiac remodeling in adolescent athletes?
Different sport modalities in adolescent athletes are associated with specific cardiac morphological adaptations, highlighting the impact of sport-specific training demands on cardiac remodeling.
OBJECTIVE:: The idea that different sports and physical training type results in different cardiac adaptations has been widely accepted. However, this remodelling process among different sport modalities is still not fully understood. Thus, the current study aims to investigate the heart morphology variation associated with a set of different modalities characterized by distinct models of preparation and different methods and demands of training and completion. METHOD:: The sample comprises 42 basketball players, 73 roller hockey players, 28 judo athletes and 21 swimmers. Anthropometry was assessed by a single and experienced anthropometrist and the same technician performed the echocardiographic exams. Analysis of variance was used to study age, body size and echocardiograph parameters as well as different sport athlete's comparison. RESULTS:: Basketball players are taller (F=23.448; p<0.001; ES-r=0.553), heavier (F=6.702; p<0.001; ES-r=0.334) and have a greater body surface area (F=11.896; p<0.001; ES-r=0.427). Basketball and hockey players have larger left auricle diameters compared with judo athletes (F=3.865; p=0.011; ES-r=0.316). Interventricular end-diastolic septal thickness (F=7.287; p<0.001; ES-r=0.347) and left ventricular posterior wall thickness (F=8.038; p<0.001; ES-r=0.362) of the judokas are smaller compared to the mean values of other sports participants. In addition, relative left parietal ventricular wall thickness is lower among swimmers compared with judokas (F=4.127; p=0.008; ES-r=0.268). CONCLUSION:: The major contributors to changes in heart morphology are for the most part associated with sport-specific training and competition and the specific dynamics and adaptive mechanisms imposed by each sport.
Castanheira et al. (Mon,) conducted a cross-sectional in Adolescent athletes (n=164). Different sport modalities (basketball, roller hockey, judo, swimming) vs. Comparison between sports was evaluated on Heart morphology variation (echocardiographic parameters). Different sport modalities in adolescent athletes are associated with distinct cardiac adaptations, such as larger left auricle diameters in basketball and hockey players versus judokas (p=0.011).
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