What does this research mean for the field?

An eight-week training period does not significantly alter overall heart rate, but heart rate recovery dynamics and forced vital capacity adaptations exhibit discipline-specific patterns among female runners. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the acute cardiopulmonary responses to a standard race load and chronic adaptations following an eight-week training period in competitive short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners.

May 14, 2026BMC Sports Science Medicine and RehabilitationOpen Access

Acute and training induced cardiopulmonary responses in short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners

Q: What are the key findings of this study?

An 8-week training period did not significantly affect overall heart rate, but significant discipline-specific differences were observed in heart rate recovery and forced vital capacity.

Q: What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Other. Population: Healthy female runners (n=34). Intervention: Structured training program and standard race protocol vs. Baseline (pre-training). Primary outcome: Heart rate responses across measurement points (time effect) (p=< 0.001).

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Key result

Eight-week training does not affect overall HR but reveals discipline-specific differences in recovery and FVC.

P<0.001
n=34

Why the study?

The study aimed to examine the acute and chronic effects of a standard race load and an eight-week training period on heart rate and respiratory function parameters across short-, middle-, and long-distance runners.

Does an eight-week training period and standard race load affect heart rate and respiratory function differently in short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners?

Population

Short-distance (n = 11), middle-distance (n = 13), and long-distance (n = 10) active female runners

Comparison

Short-distance vs middle-distance vs long-distance runners before and after an eight-week training period

Design

Quasi-experimental study with repeated-measures design

Follow-up

Eight weeks

Authors

FRFarizat RisbekovaKyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity BDBilal DemirhanKyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity DADzhiparkul AbdyrakhmanovaKyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity

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Implication

No heart rate or FEV1 change after eight-week training in female runners; leaves open the significance of FVC increases for practice or research.

Key Points

To examine the acute cardiopulmonary responses to a standard race load and chronic adaptations following an eight-week training period in competitive short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners.
Heart rate at rest, post-race, and during recovery (1 and 15 minutes post-exercise), along with spirometric parameters (FVC, FEV1, PEF), were assessed at baseline and repeated after an 8-week training period.
Analyzed using mixed-design repeated-measures ANOVA to determine the effects of running discipline, time, and training period on physiological parameters.
Baseline resting heart rate was lower in long-distance runners (65.10 ± 4.31 bpm) than in short-distance (72.36 ± 4.43 bpm) and middle-distance runners (72.31 ± 3.38 bpm), demonstrating significant main effects for group (p = 0.001) and time (p < 0.001).
Heart rate recovery kinetics varied across disciplines (time × group interaction p < 0.001); short-distance runners demonstrated faster recovery at 1 minute post-race, whereas long-distance runners achieved lower values by 15 minutes post-race (70.20 ± 4.49 bpm at baseline).
The 8-week training period produced no significant main effect on heart rate (p = 0.192), while forced vital capacity demonstrated a significant measurement effect (p < 0.001) and measurement × period interaction (p = 0.030).

Structured PICO

Does an eight-week training period and standard race load affect heart rate and respiratory function differently in short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners?

Population

34 female runners actively engaged in athletics, comprising short-distance (n=11), middle-distance (n=13), and long-distance (n=10) runners.

Intervention

Standard race load and an eight-week training period

Comparator

Baseline measurements and comparison between running disciplines

Outcome

Heart rate (resting, post-race, and recovery at 1 and 15 min post-exercise) and respiratory function parameters (FVC, FEV1, and PEF)surrogate

Main Result

p-value: p=< 0.001

Cardiopulmonary adaptations to an 8-week training period exhibit discipline-specific patterns among female runners.

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Risbekova et al. (2026) studied Healthy female runners (n=34). Structured training program and standard race protocol vs. Baseline (pre-training) was evaluated on Heart rate responses across measurement points (time effect) (p=< 0.001). An 8-week training period did not significantly affect overall heart rate, but significant discipline-specific differences were observed in heart rate recovery and forced vital capacity.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a056ac7a550a87e60a210bb https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-026-01725-6

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No heart rate or FEV1 change after eight-week training in female runners; leaves open the significance of FVC increases for practice or research.

Acute and training induced cardiopulmonary responses in short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners

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Acute and training induced cardiopulmonary responses in short-, middle-, and long-distance female runners

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