Authors: Reimers, Anne
Knapp, Guido
Reimers, Carl-Detlev
Title: Effects of exercise on the resting heart rate
Other Titles: a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: Resting heart rate (RHR) is positively related with mortality. Regular exercise causes a reduction in RHR. The aim of the systematic review was to assess whether regular exercise or sports have an impact on the RHR in healthy subjects by taking different types of sports into account. A systematic literature research was conducted in six databases for the identification of controlled trials dealing with the effects of exercise or sports on the RHR in healthy subjects was performed. The studies were summarized by meta-analyses. The literature search analyzed 191 studies presenting 215 samples fitting the eligibility criteria. 121 trials examined the effects of endurance training, 43 strength training, 15 combined endurance and strength training, 5 additional school sport programs. 21 yoga, 5 tai chi, 3 qigong, and 2 unspecified types of sports. All types of sports decreased the RHR. However, only endurance training and yoga significantly decreased the RHR in both sexes. The exercise-induced decreases of RHR were positively related with the pre-interventional RHR and negatively with the average age of the participants. From this, we can conclude that exercise—especially endurance training and yoga—decreases RHR. This effect may contribute to a reduction in all-cause mortality due to regular exercise or sports.
Subject Headings: Sports
Physical activity
Trial
Cardiovascular health
PRISMA
Subject Headings (RSWK): Herzfrequenz
Sportliche Aktivität
Metaanalyse
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/38337
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-20307
Issue Date: 2018-12-01
Has relation to: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Appears in Collections:Lehrstuhl Statistik mit Anwendungen im Bereich der Ingenieurwissenschaften

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