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Area of Science:

  • Exercise Physiology
  • Autonomic Nervous System Function

Background:

  • Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects autonomic nervous system (ANS) balance.
  • Postexercise HRV recovery kinetics can indicate exercise stress and recovery status.
  • Different exercise modalities may differentially impact ANS recovery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare postexercise HRV recovery between treadmill (T) and cycling (C) exercise.
  • To investigate HRV responses immediately following acute exercise bouts at 65% VO2 R.
  • To determine if exercise mode affects the time course of HRV return to baseline.

Main Methods:

  • Fourteen healthy men completed 30-min bouts of T and C exercise at 65% VO2 R on separate days.
  • HRV was assessed via spectral analysis (lnHF, lnLF, LF:HF ratio) before and after exercise.
  • Measurements were taken immediately before (PRE), 10-15 min (POST1), and 25-30 min (POST2) postexercise.

Main Results:

  • No significant pre-exercise HRV differences between T and C.
  • Cycling exercise resulted in lower lnHF and higher lnLF and LF:HF ratio at POST1 and POST2 compared to treadmill.
  • HRV metrics returned to baseline 30 min after T, but remained altered after C.

Conclusions:

  • Cycling exercise at 65% VO2 R induced a more prolonged delay in HRV recovery compared to treadmill exercise.
  • Treadmill exercise facilitated a quicker return of HRV to baseline levels postexercise.
  • These findings suggest mode-specific differences in autonomic recovery following moderate-intensity exercise.