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  • Title: Effect of aerobic training on orthostatic tolerance, circulatory response, and heart rate dynamics.
    Author: Zhang LF, Zheng J, Wang SY, Zhang ZY, Liu C.
    Journal: Aviat Space Environ Med; 1999 Oct; 70(10):975-82. PubMed ID: 10519475.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: This study was performed to investigate the effects of aerobic training on orthostatic tolerance and to quantify the post-training changes in cardiovascular response and heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS: Tolerance and circulatory responses to two types of lower body negative pressure (LBNP) were examined and compared in a group of healthy male students before and after 6 mo of aerobic training, and the results were further compared with a group of athletes (runners). Changes in HRV associated with training were analyzed by conventional and time-varying autoregressive spectral analysis, as well as by approximate entropy measurement (ApEn)--a statistic quantifying heart rate "complexity" derived from non-linear dynamics. RESULTS: After aerobic training, there was an initial transient hypotension during the supine -50 mmHg LBNP testing and a significant decrease in tolerance to upright graded LBNP in most of the student-subjects. Moreover, after training, there was a significant decrease in ApEn value of the HRV time series during both supine control and LBNP testing, and the rate of cardiac vagal withdrawal and sympathetic activation during the onset of LBNP was faster than that before training. CONCLUSIONS: The present study has provided further evidence that certain types of aerobic training may affect orthostatic tolerance and may be associated with a loss of complexity of HRV during supine resting and orthostatic stress.
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