Heart rate variability to assess ventilatory thresholds in professional basketball players

作     者：Domingo Jesús Ramos-Campo Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias Vicente Avila-Gandia Cristian Marin-Pagan Antonio Luque Pedro E. Alcaraz 

作者机构：Department of Physical Activity and Sport Science Faculty of Sports Catholic University ofMurcia Murcia 30107 Spain Department of Physiology Catholic University ofMurcia Murcia 30}07 Spain UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport Mureia 30107 Spain 

出 版 物：《Journal of Sport and Health Science》 (运动与健康科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第6卷第4期

页      面：468-473页

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学科分类：0403[教育学-体育学] 04[教育学] 

基　　金：The authors would like to thank all of the players who participated in this study 

主　　题：Anaerobic threshold Basketball Oxygen uptake Performance Training Ventilatory threshold 

摘      要：Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine if heart rate variability(HRV) during incremental test could be used to estimate ventilatory threshold(VT) in professional basketball players, with sufficient precision to be used in their training. Furthermore, the second aim was to analyse the association between HRV and 3 methods of VT determination by gas ***: Twenty-four professional basketball players(age: 23.4 ± 4.9 years; height: 195.4 ± 9.8 cm; body mass: 92.2 ± 11.9 kg) performed an incremental running test to exhaustion. First ventilatory threshold(VT1) was determined by ventilatory equivalent(VE) and HRV and second ventilatory threshold(VT2) was determined by 3 methods of gases analysis(V-slope, VE and gas exchange ratio(R), and HRV). Pearson s coefficient(r) was used to detect differences between data and the strength of each relationship. The mean of absolute differences and Bland–Altman analysis were used to evaluate whether there was ***: The results showed no significant differences in HR and oxygen consumption(VO2) at VT1 between the 2 methods. Furthermore, no significant differences among the methods of gases analysis and HRV were observed in speed, HR, and VO2 at VT2. Moreover, VTs estimated using HRV and gas methods were significantly correlated. Correlation in HR values was higher between R and HRV(r = 0.96) and VE and HRV(r = 0.96) than V-slope and HRV(r = 0.90).Conclusion: These findings provide a practical, inexpensive approach for evaluating specific training loads when determining VT2 in basketball players. Therefore, HRV is an alternative method to determine VT2 without the application of expensive technology that limits its use to laboratories.