Key result
Cardiac response to athletic exercise links to intrinsic mechanical integrity rather than the exercise itself.
Why the study?
The effect of athletic exercise on cardiac function and the prevalence of subtle cardiac abnormalities among athletes was not fully understood.
Does athletic exercise affect cardiac function in university athletes?
Population
More than 400 university athletes
Comparison
Effect of athletic exercise on cardiac function
Design
Observational cohort study
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Minor cardiac variants in athletes warrant cautious interpretation; leaves open whether training alters structurally normal hearts.
Observational (n=400)
Does athletic exercise affect cardiac function in university athletes?
This early observational study suggested that the cardiac response to exercise in athletes depends on the underlying integrity of the heart's mechanism.
Dan G. Stine (1939) conducted an observational in Cardiac function in athletes (n=400). Athletic exercise was evaluated on Response of the heart to exercise. The response of the heart to athletic exercise depended on the integrity of the heart's mechanism rather than the exercise itself, with slight imperfections being common among athletes.
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