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Cardiac Autonomic Effects of Yearly Athletic Retreats on Elite Basket Players: Usefulness of a Unitary Autonomic Nervous System Indicator

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  • Daniela Lucini

    (BIOMETRA Department, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122 Milan, Italy
    Exercise Medicine Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Alessandro Manzoni, 56, 20089 Rozzano, Italy)

  • Leonarda Galiuto

    (Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
    Department of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168 Rome, Italy)

  • Mara Malacarne

    (BIOMETRA Department, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122 Milan, Italy
    Exercise Medicine Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Alessandro Manzoni, 56, 20089 Rozzano, Italy)

  • Maria Chiara Meucci

    (Department of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168 Rome, Italy)

  • Massimo Pagani

    (BIOMETRA Department, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122 Milan, Italy)

Abstract

In most sports athletic performance is determined by a combination of hard and soft modifiable components, encompassing physical and psychological elements that can be assessed with modern techniques based respectively on simple friendly methods: analysis of HRV and questionnaires. Specifically a novel % rank Autonomic Nervous System Indicator (ANSI) seems particularly useful also in elite sports. In this investigation we assessed ANSI capacity to detect the expected changes in cardiac autonomic regulation induced in the Italian basketball team by the participation (18 subjects) to the yearly biweekly Alpine training summer camp. We observed that ANSI increased from 58.8 ± 32.5 to 81.7 ± 27.5 (at the end of training camp) and did not change further in the subsequent initial weeks of competition season (overall p < 0.001). Congruent changes were observed in non-linear indices. Concomitantly indices of somatic symptoms were slightly reduced just at the end of the alpine training. We conclude that analysis of HRV and questionnaires might offer a simple, useful technique to monitor changes in cardiac autonomic regulation and psychological state in elite athletes providing a convenient additional element to evaluation of training routines also in the fields.

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  • Daniela Lucini & Leonarda Galiuto & Mara Malacarne & Maria Chiara Meucci & Massimo Pagani, 2021. "Cardiac Autonomic Effects of Yearly Athletic Retreats on Elite Basket Players: Usefulness of a Unitary Autonomic Nervous System Indicator," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:4:p:2330-:d:503223
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    1. Daniela Lucini & Mara Malacarne & Wolfgang Gatzemeier & Massimo Pagani, 2020. "A Simple Home-Based Lifestyle Intervention Program to Improve Cardiac Autonomic Regulation in Patients with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-12, September.
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    1. Eleonora Pagani & Naomi Gavazzoni & Giuseppina Bernardelli & Mara Malacarne & Nadia Solaro & Emanuele Giusti & Gianluca Castelnuovo & Piero Volpi & Giulia Carimati & Daniela Lucini, 2023. "Psychological Intervention Based on Mental Relaxation to Manage Stress in Female Junior Elite Soccer Team: Improvement in Cardiac Autonomic Control, Perception of Stress and Overall Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-12, January.

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