A biweekly Alpine training summer camp increased the Autonomic Nervous System Indicator (ANSI) from 58.8 to 81.7 in elite Italian basketball players (p < 0.001).
Observational (n=18)
Does participation in a biweekly Alpine training summer camp improve cardiac autonomic regulation measured by ANSI in elite basketball players?
A novel Autonomic Nervous System Indicator (ANSI) based on HRV can effectively monitor improvements in cardiac autonomic regulation during training camps in elite athletes.
Tasa de eventos absoluta: 81.7% vs 58.8%
valor p: p=<0.001
In most sports athletic performance is determined by a combination of hard and soft modifiable components, encompassing physical and psychological elements that can be assessed with modern techniques based respectively on simple friendly methods: analysis of HRV and questionnaires. Specifically a novel % rank Autonomic Nervous System Indicator (ANSI) seems particularly useful also in elite sports. In this investigation we assessed ANSI capacity to detect the expected changes in cardiac autonomic regulation induced in the Italian basketball team by the participation (18 subjects) to the yearly biweekly Alpine training summer camp. We observed that ANSI increased from 58.8 ± 32.5 to 81.7 ± 27.5 (at the end of training camp) and did not change further in the subsequent initial weeks of competition season (overall p < 0.001). Congruent changes were observed in non-linear indices. Concomitantly indices of somatic symptoms were slightly reduced just at the end of the alpine training. We conclude that analysis of HRV and questionnaires might offer a simple, useful technique to monitor changes in cardiac autonomic regulation and psychological state in elite athletes providing a convenient additional element to evaluation of training routines also in the fields.
Lucini et al. (Sun,) conducted a observational in Elite basketball players (n=18). Biweekly Alpine training summer camp vs. Baseline (pre-camp) was evaluated on Autonomic Nervous System Indicator (ANSI) (p=<0.001). A biweekly Alpine training summer camp increased the Autonomic Nervous System Indicator (ANSI) from 58.8 to 81.7 in elite Italian basketball players (p < 0.001).