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  • Exercise Physiology
  • Cardiovascular Regulation
  • Nonlinear Dynamics

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  • Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis provides insights into autonomic nervous system function.
  • Detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) quantifies correlation properties in time series.
  • Understanding recovery dynamics post-exercise is crucial for training optimization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate acute HRV responses during passive recovery after moderate (MOD) and vigorous (VIG) intensity exercise.
  • To examine the nonlinear index alpha 1 of DFA (DFAa1) as a measure of HR time series correlation properties during recovery.
  • To assess the impact of exercise intensity on cardiac autonomic recovery and hemodynamic parameters.

Main Methods:

  • Recreationally active participants (n=26) underwent graded exercise tests and randomized MOD and VIG endurance/exergaming sessions.
  • RR-interval, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were measured before and up to 45 minutes post-exercise.
  • DFAa1 was calculated to assess correlation properties of HRV.

Main Results:

  • Significant main effects of time, intensity, and their interaction were observed for HRV, PWV, and SBP.
  • Vigorous intensity exercise (VIG) resulted in higher DFAa1 values, indicating stronger correlation properties during recovery.
  • VIG exercise transiently delayed the recovery of cardiac parasympathetic activity and HRV correlation properties.

Conclusions:

  • Vigorous exercise intensifies the recovery process, characterized by delayed autonomic recovery and altered HR time series correlation properties.
  • Higher correlation properties post-VIG exercise suggest increased systemic control and reduced complexity during recovery.
  • Findings highlight the utility of DFAa1 in characterizing exercise recovery and autonomic regulation.