Key result
Flexible pole exercise fails to change HRV indices or heart rate dynamics versus rest.
Why the study?
Does a session of exercise with a flexible pole acutely change heart rate variability in healthy young females?
Does a session of exercise with a flexible pole acutely change heart rate variability in healthy young females?
Exercise with a flexible pole does not acutely alter cardiac autonomic regulation or chaotic heart rate dynamics in healthy young women.
Does not support acute autonomic modulation by flexible pole exercise; leaves open chronic effects or clinical populations.
INTRODUCTION: Exercises with a flexible pole have been applied in clinical practice for upper limb rehabilitation. Nevertheless, its acute effects on cardiac autonomic regulation are unclear.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the acute effects of exercise with flexible pole on complex behavior of heart rate variability (HRV).METHOD: We investigated 32 healthy female volunteers aged between 18 and 25 years who performed a session of exercise with a flexible pole. HRV was analyzed 10 minutes before and 10 minutes immediately after the exercise.RESULTS: Exercises with a flexible pole did not significantly change time and frequency domain indices of HRV. Non-linear analysis of HRV through the Higuchi Fractal Dimension was not significantly changed during recovery from exercise compared to the control reading at rest.CONCLUSION: Exercises with the flexible pole were unable to acutely change chaotic behavior of heart rate dynamics. This is advantageous for assessments of levels of rehabilitative treatment required in such patients; and their susceptibility to dynamical diseases.
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António et al. (2016) studied Healthy (n=32). Exercise with a flexible pole vs. Rest (10 minutes before exercise) was evaluated on Time and frequency domain indices of HRV and Higuchi Fractal Dimension. Exercise with a flexible pole did not significantly change time and frequency domain indices of HRV or the chaotic behavior of heart rate dynamics compared to rest.
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