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  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Exercise Science
  • Thermoregulation

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  • Regular exercise is known to enhance heart rate variability (HRV).
  • Short-term heat therapy and sauna use also show potential for HRV improvement.
  • Long-term effects of combined exercise and sauna on HRV are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the long-term adaptations of HRV to regular exercise with and without post-exercise sauna bathing.
  • To compare the effects of exercise plus sauna (EXS), exercise only (EXE), and a control (CON) group on HRV.

Main Methods:

  • A 1:1:1 randomized trial involving 38 sedentary participants (aged 49±9 years) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
  • Participants were assigned to EXS, EXE, or CON groups for an 8-week intervention.
  • HRV indices including RR interval, RMSSD, SDNN, resting heart rate (HR), HRMAX-HRMIN, high frequency power (HFP), and low frequency power (LFP) were measured pre- and post-intervention.

Main Results:

  • The EXE group showed significant increases in the time-domain measure HRMAX-HRMIN compared to CON (p=0.003).
  • EXE also demonstrated significantly smaller decreases in the frequency-domain measure LFP compared to CON (p=0.022).
  • No statistically significant differences in any HRV indices were observed between the EXS and EXE groups.

Conclusions:

  • Eight weeks of regular exercise positively impacts both time- and frequency-domain HRV measures.
  • Incorporating regular sauna bathing after exercise does not provide additional HRV benefits beyond those achieved by exercise alone.