PMID- 29128939 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180727 LR - 20210213 IS - 1439-6327 (Electronic) IS - 1439-6319 (Linking) VI - 118 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan TI - Ultra-shortened time-domain HRV parameters at rest and following exercise in athletes: an alternative to frequency computation of sympathovagal balance. PG - 175-184 LID - 10.1007/s00421-017-3759-x [doi] AB - PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN) to root mean square of successive normal-to-normal interval differences (RMSSD) ratio from 1-min recordings (SDNN:RMSSD(1-min)) compared to criterion recordings, as well as its relationship to low-frequency-to-high-frequency ratio (LF:HF) at rest and following maximal exercise in a group of collegiate athletes. METHOD: Twenty athletes participated in the study. Heart rate variability (HRV) data were measured for 5 min before and at 5-10 and 25-30 min following a maximal exercise test. From each 5-min segment, the frequency-domain measures of HF, LF, and LF:HF ratio were analyzed. Time-domain measures of SDNN, RMSSD, and SDNN:RMSSD ratio were also analyzed from each 5-min segment, as well as from randomly selected 1-min recordings. RESULT: The 1-min values of SDNN, RMSSD, and SDNN:RMSSD provided no significant differences and nearly perfect intra-class correlations (ICCs ranged from 0.97 to 1.00, p < 0.001 for all) to the criterion measures from 5-min recordings. In addition, SDNN, RMSSD, and SDNN:RMSSD from the 1-min segments provided very large to nearly perfect correlations (r values ranged from 0.71 to 0.97, p < 0.001 for all) to LF, HF, and LF:HF, respectively, at each time point. CONCLUSION: The findings of the study suggest that ultra-shortened time-domain markers may be useful surrogates of the frequency-domain parameters for tracking changes in sympathovagal activity in athletes. FAU - Esco, Michael R AU - Esco MR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9470-9680 AD - Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Alabama, Box 870312, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA. mresco@ua.edu. FAU - Williford, Henry N AU - Williford HN AD - Department of Kinesiology, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, USA. FAU - Flatt, Andrew A AU - Flatt AA AD - Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA, USA. FAU - Freeborn, Todd J AU - Freeborn TJ AD - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. FAU - Nakamura, Fabio Y AU - Nakamura FY AD - Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy. AD - The College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Douglas, QLD, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171111 PL - Germany TA - Eur J Appl Physiol JT - European journal of applied physiology JID - 100954790 SB - IM CIN - Eur J Appl Physiol. 2018 Jun;118(6):1287-1288. PMID: 29619594 MH - Athletes MH - Electrocardiography/methods/*standards MH - Exercise Test/methods/*standards MH - *Heart Rate MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Physical Conditioning, Human MH - Random Allocation MH - Vagus Nerve/*physiology MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - Athlete monitoring OT - Cardiovascular-autonomic control OT - Heart rate variability OT - RMSSD OT - Time-domain EDAT- 2017/11/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/28 06:00 CRDT- 2017/11/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00421-017-3759-x [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00421-017-3759-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Appl Physiol. 2018 Jan;118(1):175-184. doi: 10.1007/s00421-017-3759-x. Epub 2017 Nov 11.