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Ultrashort Versus Criterion Heart Rate Variability Among International-Level...
Here’s our latest study comparing 1 min vs 5 min HRV throughout a 4-week camp in international-level girls field hockey players. Values were highly correlated, showed similar responses to load, &...
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Heart rate-based indices to detect parasympathetic hyperactivity in...
Our new meta-analysis determined that parasympathetic hyperactivity in overreached endurance athletes is best detected using weekly averaged versus isolated HRV values and in the standing versus...
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Effect of Competitive Status and Experience on Heart Rate Variability...
Here’s a new paper from my time at Bama. A practical summary follows the link and abstract below. Link to free full text: Effect of Competitive Status and Experience on Heart Rate Variability Profiles...
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Cardiac-Autonomic and Hemodynamic Responses to a Hypertonic, Sugar-Sweetened...
Short summary of and full-text access to a new study from our lab. Link to Full Text: Cardiac-Autonomic and Hemodynamic Responses to a Hypertonic, Sugar-Sweetened Sports Beverage in Physically Active...
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Season-long heart rate variability tracking reveals autonomic imbalance in...
As part of my PhD work at Alabama, we tracked HRV in football players from day 1 of preseason training through to the national championship. A practical summary of some key findings follow the...
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Increasing HRV and cardiovascular health: 10-year case study
Some questions I aimed to address in analyzing >10 years of daily HRV: Is it possible to substantially increase HRV for an extended period of time (>1 year)?Can a reasonably healthy individual...
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Update on changes in arterial stiffness and HRV
Here’s an October 2021 update on my quest to reduce arterial stiffness. For the original story and context, see previous post here. After a year of >15 000 steps/day, continued adherence to...
View ArticleEffects of Long-Haul Travel and the Olympic Games on Heart-Rate Variability...
If success leaves clues, then there was something to learn from what Dan Howells & staff did to prepare GB 7s for the 2016 Olympics where they advanced to the gold medal final with an undefeated...
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Sleep duration and Nocturnal vs. Standing HRV recovery from COVID
Many of us have learned the hard way to stop training when we’re sick, and to ease back into it as we recover. In 2012, I contracted the hand/foot/mouth (HFMD) virus from my nephews. It was awful....
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Self-recorded heart rate variability profiles are associated with health and...
Here’s a new study from our lab entitled “Self-recorded heart rate variability profiles are associated with health and lifestyle markers in young adults”. The full text can be accessed for free...
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