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Electrophysiological adaptations to endurance and strength training (2020)
Karavirta, L. (2020). Electrophysiological adaptations to endurance and strength training. In M. Malik (Ed.), Sex and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Differences in Cardiac Electrical Disorders Between Men and Women (pp. 311-321). Academic Press, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817728-0.00027-9
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Karavirta, Laura
Parent publication: Sex and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Differences in Cardiac Electrical Disorders Between Men and Women
Parent publication editors: Malik, Marek
ISBN: 978-0-12-817728-0
Publication year: 2020
Pages range: 311-321
Number of pages in the book: 1032
Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
Publication country: Netherlands
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817728-0.00027-9
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Abstract
Sex differences in exercise training adaptations are still a largely unexplored field of study. There are well-known differences between men and women in terms of their average baseline fitness, such as larger muscle mass and higher cardiorespiratory fitness in men compared to women. Trained women may have a higher performance level than untrained men, but at the top end of the physical training and performance curve, i.e., where athletes are, men exhibit a higher prevalence and amplitude of sinus bradycardia and other electrophysiological changes. This chapter will explore whether men and women respond differently to a standardized training stimulus when sex differences at baseline are taken into account. The components of training that are key to the large adaptations observed in elite athletes are also reviewed.
Keywords: athletes; heart; blood circulation; pulse; heart rate training; ECG; overstraining; gender
Free keywords: athlete; cardiorespiratory fitness; electrocardiography; exercise; heart rate; heart rate variability; overtraining; sex training volume
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2020
JUFO rating: 2