Key result
Stopping training eliminates complex ventricular extrasystoles in athletes, while continuing high-intensity exercise shows no harm.
Why the study?
The natural history and prognostic significance of ventricular extrasystoles in healthy professional endurance athletes were not well characterized.
Does continued high-intensity physical training worsen ventricular extrasystoles in healthy professional athletes compared to detraining?
Cohort (n=52)
Does continued high-intensity physical training worsen ventricular extrasystoles in healthy professional athletes compared to detraining?
p-value: p=0.01
High-intensity physical training does not appear harmful in healthy athletes with complex ventricular extrasystoles, although detraining leads to the resolution of complex VE.
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May support continued training in athletes with complex VE; observational data leave open need for randomized confirmation.
Palatini et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Ventricular extrasystoles (n=52). Continued high-intensity physical training vs. Stopped training was evaluated on Prevalence of complex ventricular extrasystoles (p=0.01). Continued high-intensity physical training was not harmful in athletes with complex ventricular extrasystoles, whereas stopping training eliminated complex VE (p=0.01 vs baseline).
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