Sports Medicine Laboratory, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vidavo S.A., Balkan Center, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 30;18(9):4788. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094788.
Cycling is a very demanding physical activity that may create various health disorders during an athlete's career. Recently, smart mobile and wearable technologies have been used to monitor physiological responses and possible disturbances during physical activity. Thus, the application of mHealth methods in sports poses a challenge today. This study used a novel mobile-Health method to monitor athletes' physiological responses and to detect health disorders early during cycling in elite athletes.
Sixteen high-level cyclists participated in this study, which included a series of measurements in the laboratory; health and performance assessments; and then application in the field of mHealth monitoring in two training seasons, at the beginning of their training period and in the race season. A field monitoring test took place during 30 min of uphill cycling with the participant's heart rate at the ventilatory threshold. During monitoring periods, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and electrocardiogram were monitored via the mHealth system. Moreover, the SpO was estimated continuously, and the symptoms during effort were reported.
A significant correlation was found between the symptoms reported by the athletes in the two field tests and the findings recorded with the application of the mHealth monitoring method. However, from the pre-participation screening in the laboratory and from the spiroergometric tests, no abnormal findings were detected that were to blame for the appearance of the symptoms.
The application of mHealth monitoring during competitive cycling is a very useful method for the early recording of cardiac and other health disorders of athletes, whose untimely evaluation could lead to unforeseen events.
自行车运动是一项要求极高的体力活动，在运动员的职业生涯中可能会引发各种健康问题。最近，智能移动和可穿戴技术已被用于监测生理反应和体育活动期间可能出现的干扰。因此，如今在体育运动中应用移动健康方法提出了一项挑战。本研究使用了一种新的移动健康方法来监测运动员的生理反应，并在精英运动员的自行车运动中尽早发现健康问题。
16 名高水平自行车运动员参加了这项研究，其中包括一系列实验室测量、健康和表现评估；然后在两个训练季节中应用移动健康监测领域，即在训练期开始和比赛季。在 30 分钟的上坡自行车运动中进行了现场监测测试，参与者的心率达到了通气阈值。在监测期间，通过移动健康系统监测心率、血氧饱和度、呼吸频率和心电图。此外，连续估计 SpO，并报告用力时的症状。
在两项现场测试中，运动员报告的症状与移动健康监测方法记录的结果之间存在显著相关性。然而，从实验室的赛前筛查和肺量计测试中，没有发现任何异常发现，这些异常发现归咎于症状的出现。
在竞技自行车运动中应用移动健康监测是一种非常有用的方法，可以早期记录运动员的心脏和其他健康问题，如果不能及时评估，可能会导致不可预见的事件。
