Effects of active recovery on autonomic and haemodynamic responses after aerobic exercise

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of active recovery on autonomic and haemodynamic responses after exercise in healthy adults. Nineteen healthy young male individuals underwent two experimental sessions: exercise with active recovery (AR) and exercise with passive recovery (PR). The exercise sessions comprised three phases: warm-up (5 min), exercise phase (cycle ergometer, 30 min, intensity between 60 and 70% of the heart rate reserve) and recovery (5 min). In the AR, the subjects remained cycling in the recovery phase at intensity between 30% and 35% of heart rate reserve, while in the PR, the subjects stopped the exercise after finishing the exercise phase. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured before and over the 30 min after the interventions. There were no differences for systolic and diastolic blood pressures, heart rate and rate pressure product between active and passive recovery sessions. Also, all heart rate variability parameters changed similarly after exercise with passive or active recovery sessions. In summary, exercise with active recovery does not affect the autonomic and haemodynamic responses after moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in healthy young male individuals.

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“…SBP remains the same during recovery periods between P 1 and P 2. This result was similar to what reported Soares et al, (2015) where the time of recovery period was more than five minutes.…”

“…The significant increase of SBP ( Figure 2) after S compared to E is related to the cardiac physiological mechanisms. Sprint is explosive and induces sudden SBP rise compare to endurance running where SBP increases usually moderately because of vasodilatation (Soares et al, 2015). In both exercise sessions, SBP slightly decreases after all recovery periods.…”

Efeito Da Rápida Perda De Massa Corporal No Desempenho Da Tomada De Decisão Em Judocas

“…Autores ressaltam que os atletas que adotam métodos para a rápida redução de massa corporal podem reduzir o fluxo sanguíneo no telencéfalo e a velocidade de condução do impulso nervoso 7 , o que pode acarretar redução do desempenho metacognitivo 13 . Sendo assim, considerando que a redução do fluxo sanguíneo no telencéfalo ocasiona diminuição da oxigenação em áreas cerebrais superiores 21 , é possível pressupor que a rápida redução da massa corporal gere atenuação das capacidades de atenção e atencipação, consideradas fulcrais para o desempenho da tomada de decisão 9 , o que, cautelosamente, pode explicar os achados para o GE, os quais indicaram manutenção no desempenho da tomada de decisão. Cabe destacar, ainda, que a rápida redução de massa corporal acarreta desidratação 22 , a qual pode estar diretamente relacionada a redução da velocidade de condução do impulso nervoso.…”

Cardiovascular responses during resistance exercise after an aerobic session

“…After aerobic exercise, the autonomic cardiovascular system is changed compared to resting values. 30 , 31 , 32 Although a vagal reactivation occurs quickly after the end of aerobic exercise, sympathetic activity remains increased until 25–30 min after moderate intensity aerobic exercise. 33 , 34 Thus, since the resistance exercise was performed 15 min after aerobic exercise in the A + R session, the increased sympathetic activity at the onset of the resistance exercise may contribute to the greater increase in heart rate in that session.…”