@misc{10481/74988,
year = {2022},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/74988},
abstract = {Purpose This study aimed to investigate the influence of different exercise training modalities on heart rate variability
(HRV) in sedentary middle-aged adults; and to study whether changes in health-related outcomes (i.e., body composition
and cardiometabolic risk) are associated with those hypothetical HRV changes in sedentary middle-aged adults.
Methods A total of 66 middle-aged adults (53.6 ± 4.4 years old; 50% women) were enrolled in the FIT-AGEING study. We
conducted a 12-week randomized controlled trial. The participants were randomly assigned to 4 groups: (a) a control group
(no exercise); (b) a physical activity recommendation from the World Health Organization group (PAR); (c) a high-intensity
interval training group (HIIT); and (d) a high-intensity interval training group adding whole-body electromyostimulation
(HIIT + EMS).
Results All exercise training modalities induced changes in HRV parameters (all P ≤ 0.001) without statistical differences
between them (all P > 0.05). We found associations between changes in body composition and cardiometabolic risk and
exercise-related changes in HRV.
Conclusion Our results suggest that different exercise interventions (i.e., PAR, HIIT and HIIT + EMS) induced an enhancement
of HRV in sedentary middle-aged adults. Our findings support the notion that exercise-related changes in HRV are
associated with changes in body composition and cardiometabolic risk after the intervention program},
organization = {Universidad de Granada/CBUA},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Autonomic nervous system},
keywords = {Vagal activity, physical activity},
keywords = {Training},
keywords = {Cardiometabolic health},
title = {Different exercise training modalities similarly improve heart rate variability in sedentary middle‑aged adults: the FIT‑AGEING randomized controlled trial},
doi = {10.1007/s00421-022-04957-9},
author = {Navarro Lomas, Ginés and Dote Montero, Manuel and Alcántara Alcántara, Juan Manuel and Plaza Florido, Abel Adrián and Castillo Garzón, Manuel and Amaro Gahete, Francisco José},
}