Why the study?
Does isometric stress affect left ventricular filling differently in athletes with isometric versus isotonic training compared to hypertensive and normal controls?
Population
38 males, comprising 13 long distance runners, 8 weight-lifters, 8 hypertensive patients, and 9 age-matched…
Comparison
Isometric stress testing vs Resting state and comparison across the four…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Isometric stress testing should not yet alter athlete management; leaves open whether training type modifies diastolic responses.
Does isometric stress affect left ventricular filling differently in athletes with isometric versus isotonic training compared to hypertensive and normal controls?
Isometric stress testing reveals a hypertensive-like left ventricular filling pattern in weight-lifters but not in long distance runners, suggesting different cardiac adaptations to isometric versus isotonic training.
Abinader et al. (1996) studied this question.
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