Key result
Regular physical training in male football athletes was associated with a significantly lower resting heart rate (56.5 vs 63.5 bpm), more frequent ST-segment elevation, and greater left ventricular mass compared to untrained controls.
Why the study?
Exercise training causes physiologic and morphologic cardiac adaptation, but electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in male football players responding to regular physical training needed definition.
Does regular physical training alter electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters in male football players compared to healthy controls?
Cross-Sectional (n=80)
No
Does regular physical training alter electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters in male football players compared to healthy controls?
Absolute Event Rate: 56.5% vs 63.5%
p-value: p=0.002
Male football athletes demonstrate physiological cardiac adaptations including resting bradycardia, increased LV mass, and augmented diastolic filling, with preserved systolic function.
ECG/echo changes in male football players may reflect physiologic adaptation; leaves open athlete-specific reference standardization.
Objectives: Exercise training causes physiologic and morphologic cardiac adaptation including sinus bradycardia and increased LV mass. The aim of this study was to define the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in football male players which could occur as a response to regular physical training.
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Mohamed Yahia (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy (Football Athletes) (n=80). Regular physical training (football playing) vs. Untrained healthy participants was evaluated on Resting heart rate (bpm) (p=0.002). Regular physical training in male football athletes was associated with a significantly lower resting heart rate (56.5 vs 63.5 bpm), more frequent ST-segment elevation, and greater left ventricular mass compared to untrained controls.
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