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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-27
pubmed:abstractText
In the authors' earlier study the relative aerobic power of Hungarian top-level male water polo players was found to be smaller than that of other top-level athletes, while their echocardiographic parameters proved to be the most characteristic of the athlete's heart. In the present investigation echocardiographic and spiroergometric data of female top-level water polo players were compared to those of other female elite athletes and of healthy, non-athletic subjects. Relative aerobic power in the water polo players was lower than in endurance athletes. Mean resting heart rates were the slowest in the water polo players and endurance athletes. Morphologic indicators of the heart (body size related left ventricular wall thickness and muscle mass) were the highest in the water polo players, endurance and power athletes. In respect of diastolic functions (diastolic early and late peak transmitral flow velocities) no difference was seen between the respective groups.These results indicate that, similarly to the males, top-level water polo training is associated with the dimensional parameters of the heart rather than with relative aerobic power. For checking the physical condition of female water polo players spiroergometric tests seem to be less appropriate than swim-tests with heart rate recovery studies such as the ones used in the males.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0231-424X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-57
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Athletic Performance, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Diastole, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Echocardiography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Exercise Test, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Hungary, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Oxygen Consumption, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Spirometry, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Swimming, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Ventricular Function, Left, pubmed-meshheading:19942551-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Echocardiographic and spiroergometric data of elite Hungarian female water polo players.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study