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Heart rate inflection point estimates the anaerobic threshold in overweight and obese young adults

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Anaerobic threshold (AT) can be determined by heart rate variability (HRVT) and by heart rate inflection point (HRIP), which is associated with lactate and ventilatory thresholds. Thus, this study aimed to compare the HRVT and HRIP in normal weight (NW: 22.18 ± 1.90 kg m−2), overweight (Ov: 27.12 ± 1.39), and obese (O: 32.85 ± 2.40) young people (21.62 ± 2.09 years old; n: 61). AT was determined by: (1) HRVT using two criteria: HRVT1: first workload with SD1 index <3 ms; HRVT2: first workload with a difference <1 ms in the SD1 index between two consecutive stages; and (2) HRIP: identified on the maximum distance between a polynomial adjustment and the linear values of HR. The HRIP was identified at similar workloads (NW: 89.35 ± 32.45; Ov: 83.57 ± 24.45; O: 105.71 ± 29.80 W) and heart rate (NW: 130.78 ± 15.32; Ov: 126.29 ± 11.71; 136.24 ± 13.43 bpm). No significant differences (p > 0.05) between criteria, methods or groups, and a significant (p < 0.05) correlation (r 0.28–0.63) were observed for all variables between HRVT1 and HVRT2; for workload between HRVT1 with HRIP (r 0.28); and to rate perceived exertion between HRVT1 (r 0.28) and HVRT2 (r 0.48) with HRIP, with a good agreement for HR between all the methods used for AT identification. In summary, obesity does not seem to interfere on the identification of AT, and HRIP can be used as a reliable method for untrained young people with a wide BMI range.

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Abbreviations

AT:

Anaerobic threshold

BMI:

Body mass index

HR:

Heart rate

HRV:

Heart rate variability

HRVT:

Heart rate variability threshold

HRIP:

Heart rate inflection point

RPE:

Rate of perceived exertion

VO2max :

Maximal oxygen consumption

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This research was supported by the Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Mato Grosso (FAPEMAT—Process 151411/2014), the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq—Process 443361/2014-2), and the Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Mato Grosso (FAPEMAT/CAPES) for granting the scholarships in MSc.

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  1. Physical Education Department, Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, MT, 78060-900, Brazil

    Lucieli Teresa Cambri, Fabiula Isoton Novelli, Marilene Gonçalves Queiroz, André Rodrigues Lourenço Dias, Kamila Meireles dos Santos & Gisela Arsa

  2. State University of Goiás (UEG), Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil

    Marcelo Magalhães Sales

  3. Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB), Brasilia, DF, Brazil

    Laila Cândida de Jesus Lima de Sousa

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Cambri, L.T., Novelli, F.I., Sales, M.M. et al. Heart rate inflection point estimates the anaerobic threshold in overweight and obese young adults. Sport Sci Health 12, 397–405 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-016-0304-y

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