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Recovery of heart rate following intense dynamic exercise
Author(s) -
Coote John H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
experimental physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0958-0670
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.047548
Subject(s) - heart rate , athletes , endurance training , medicine , baroreceptor , rifle , cardiac output , reflex , cardiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , rowing , physical therapy , blood pressure , hemodynamics , archaeology , history
The Olympic biathlon is a very demanding physical event that requires high oxygen delivery, good cross‐country skiing skills and skilful use of a rifle. Like all high‐performance endurance athletes, high cardiac vagal tone is a characteristic and extends the range over which cardiac output can increase. In the biathlete, however, the enhanced vagal control of the heart also allows a strategy for better control of stability needed for accurately firing a rifle at the end of each lap of the race. The role of endurance training, central command, reflexes from muscle, and of the carotid–cardiac baroreceptor reflex in changing vagal tone during intense exercise and recovery is discussed.