Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 174-181
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220623
Relation between Heart Rate Recovery, Level of Fatigue and VO2 max in Swimmers - An Observational Study
Nikhil Vilas Bandsode1, Aakanksha Joshi2
1Intern College of Physiotherapy, Wanless Hospital, MMC, Miraj, India.
2Professor, Department of Cardio-Respiratory Physiotherapy, College of Physiotherapy, Wanless Hospital, MMC, Miraj, India.
Corresponding Author: Aakanksha Joshi
ABSTRACT
Background: Swimming is an exercise modality that is highly suitable for health promotion, disease prevention, and is one the most popular, practiced as well as most recommended form of physical activity. The heart rate recovery is said to be an important predictor of cardiovascular diseases in diseased and general population. Likewise, the Direct measurement of whole-body maximal oxygen (VO2 max) is considered as gold standard when assessing cardiorespiratory fitness. Treadmill based Bruce protocol test is valid and reliable for assessing body’s aerobic capacity. Borg RPE scale is used to monitor perceived exertion during specific stages of exercises.
Method: In this Observational study 47 well-trained freestyle male swimmers between the age group of 18-30 were selected by using simple random sampling technique. After noting the baseline data, the participants were asked to perform Treadmill test according to Bruce Protocol. After cessation of the test, the HRR in the first 30 seconds, Fatigue using Borg based RPE scale and VO2 max of the participants were noted.
Result: The results show that the correlation between HRR and Fatigue was recorded as -0.773 and the correlation between HRR and VO2MAX was recorded as 0.949 which is statically significant with non-linear and linear association between them respectively.
Conclusion: This concludes that there is indirect relationship between HRR and Fatigue, and direct relationship between HRR and VO2 max.
Key words: Swimmers, Heart rate recovery, fatigue, VO2 Max, Bruce Protocol.