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Int J Sports Med 2013; 34(08): 742-747
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327697
Training & Testing
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Recovery (Passive vs. Active) during Interval Training and Plasma Catecholamine Responses

A. B. Abderrahmane
1   Movement, Sport and health Sciences Laboratory (M2S), UFR APS University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France
,
J. Prioux
2   Movement, Sport and Heath Sciences Laboratory (M2S), Rennes 2 University – ENS Cachan, France, ENS Cachan, Rennes, France
,
I. Mrizek
3   Laboratoire des adaptations cardio-circulatoires, respiratoires, métaboliques et hormonales à l’exercice musculaire, faculté de médecine Ibn El Jazzar, Sousse, Tunisia., Medicine Faculty, Sousse, Tunisia
,
K. Chamari
4   CNMSS, Research Department, Tunis, Tunisia
,
Z. Tabka
5   Clinical Laboratory of Physiology, Medical School of Sousse, Physiology, Sousse, Tunisia
,
A. Bouslama
6   Laboratoire de Biochimie – Unité de recherche MSP UR 28/04 (facteurs de risque cardiovasculaire) Hopital Universitaire Sahloul, Tunisia, Madicine Faculty, Sousse, Tunisia
,
H. Zouhal
7   Laboratoire Mouvement Sport Sante, UFR APS, Rennes, France
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accepted after revision 27 September 2012

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26 February 2013 (online)

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Abstract

The effect of recovery mode (Active [AR] vs. Passive [PR]) on plasma catecholamine (Adrenaline [A] and Noradrenaline [NA]) responses to maximal exercise (Exemax) was studied during interval training (IT). 24 male subjects (21.1±1.1 years) were randomly assigned to a control group (CG, n=6), AR training group (ARG, n=9) or PR group (PRG, n=9). ARG and PRG participated in an IT program 3 times a week for 7 weeks. Before and after training, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and maximal aerobic velocity (MAV) were measured. Plasma A and NA were determined at rest, at the end of Exemax and after 10 and 30 min of recovery. Training induced significant changes only in ARG: an increase of VO2max and MAV along with a significant increase of A and NA at the end of Exemax (2.82±0.15 vs. 1.03±0.15 nmol/l and 7.22±0.36 vs. 6.65±0.57 nmol/l, respectively p<0.05). The ratio A/NA measured at the end of Exemax also increased significantly after training (0.41±0.11 vs. 0.16±0.08, P>0.05). The present results show that IT with AR induces a significant increase of A and NA concentrations in response to maximal exercise. The study furthermore shows that IT program with AR may induce more stress than the same program with PR.

Key words

adrenaline - noradrenaline - intermittent exercise - endurance
 

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