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MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 681-687Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000210203.10200.12
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cardiac fatigue; endurance exercise; echocardiography
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Purpose: Evidence supporting cardiac fatigue following prolonged endurance exercise remains equivocal. The purpose of this metaanalysis was to quantity all data fulfilling the specified inclusion criteria. examining the short-term effect of prolonged endurance exercise on left ventricular function. Methods: A random effects meta-analysis of the weighted mean change in ejection fraction (EF), systolic blood pressure/end systolic volume (SBP/ESV) ratio, and early-to-late diastolic filling (E/A) was conducted on 23 studies using the SE of the between-subjects SD. HR, SBP, and left ventricular internal diameter during diastole (LVIDd) were also analyzed. Studies were coded according to exercise duration and training status: moderate duration trained (MDt) and untrained (MDu), 60-150 min; long duration (LD), 166-430 min; and ultra duration (UD), 640-1440 min. Relationships were assessed via Pearson's product moment correlation. Results: A significant (P < 0.05) overall decrease in EF (mean, confidence interval (CI): -1.95%, -1.03 to -2.88%), SBP/ESV (mean, CI: -0.8, -0.63 to -0.97), and E/A (mean, CI: -0.45. -0.39 to -0.51) was observed. Only UD and MDu subgroups demonstrated a reduction in EF. All subgroups demonstrated significant (P < 0.05) decreases in E/A. Alterations in LVIDd and SBP were related to respective decreases in EF and SBP/ESV, but not to E/A. Conclusion: The decrease in EF and SBP/ESV observed in UD and MDu indicates a reduction in systolic function, partially explained by altered cardiac loading. A decrease in E/A in all subgroups, unrelated to changes in loading, suggests an intrinsic impairment of left ventricular relaxation. Future investigators should employ load-independent indices of cardiac function and attempt to uncover the mechanisms of this phenomenon.
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