Key result
Combined endurance and strength training significantly decreased fractal heart rate behavior during exercise in older men compared to single-mode training or control (P=0.019).
Why the study?
Does combined endurance and strength training improve heart rate dynamics in older untrained men compared to endurance or strength training alone?
RCT (n=93)
Randomized
Does combined endurance and strength training improve heart rate dynamics in older untrained men compared to endurance or strength training alone?
p-value: p=0.019
Combining strength and endurance training synergistically improves fractal heart rate dynamics in older men compared to endurance or strength training alone.
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Supports combined training to optimize exercise HR dynamics in older men; extends single-mode evidence to synergistic regimens.
Karavirta et al. (2009) conducted an RCT in Previously untrained older men (n=93). Combined endurance and strength training vs. Endurance training alone, strength training alone, or control was evaluated on Fractal heart rate behavior during exercise (p=0.019). Combined endurance and strength training significantly decreased fractal heart rate behavior during exercise in older men compared to single-mode training or control (P=0.019).
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