Abellán-Aynés Oriol, Manonelles Pedro, Alacid Fernando
Faculty of Sport, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Guadalupe de Maciascoque, Spain.
International Chair of Sports Medicine, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Guadalupe de Maciascoque, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 31;18(11):5934. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115934.
(1) Research on heart rate variability has increased in recent years and the temperature has not been controlled in some studies assessing repeated measurements. This study aimed to analyze how heart rate variability may change based on environmental temperature during measurement depending on parasympathetic and sympathetic activity variations. (2) A total of 22 volunteers participated in this study divided into an experimental ( = 12) and control group ( = 10). Each participant was assessed randomly under two different environmental conditions for the experimental group (19 °C and 35 °C) and two identical environmental conditions for the control group (19 °C). During the procedure, heart rate variability measurements were carried out for 10 min. (3) Significantly changes were observed for time and frequency domains as well as Poincaré plot variables after heat exposure ( < 0.05). These findings were not observed in the control group, whose conditions between measurements did not change. (4) The reduction of heart rate variability due to exposure to hot conditions appears to be produced mostly by a parasympathetic withdrawal rather than a sympathetic activation. Therefore, if consecutive measurements have to be carried out, these should always be done under the same temperature conditions.
(1)近年来,心率变异性的研究有所增加,在一些评估重复测量的研究中,温度并未得到控制。本研究旨在分析在测量过程中,根据副交感神经和交感神经活动的变化,心率变异性如何随环境温度而变化。(2)共有22名志愿者参与本研究,分为实验组(n = 12)和对照组(n = 10)。实验组的每位参与者在两种不同的环境条件下(19℃和35℃)进行随机评估,对照组在两种相同的环境条件下(19℃)进行评估。在实验过程中,进行10分钟的心率变异性测量。(3)热暴露后,时域、频域以及庞加莱图变量均出现显著变化(P < 0.05)。对照组未观察到这些结果,其测量条件在测量期间未发生变化。(4)热环境导致的心率变异性降低似乎主要是由副交感神经撤减而非交感神经激活引起的。因此,如果必须进行连续测量,这些测量应始终在相同的温度条件下进行。