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Aerobic training protects cardiac function during advancing age: a meta-analysis of four decades of controlled studies

  • Alexander Beaumont
    ,
  • Fergal Grace
    ,
  • Jo Richards
    ,
  • Amy Campbell
    ,
  • Nicholas Sculthorpe
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Abstract

In contrast to younger athletes, there is comparatively less literature examining cardiac structure and function in older athletes. However, a progressive accumulation of studies during the past four decades offers a body of literature worthy of systematic scrutiny. We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of controlled echocardiography studies comparing left ventricular (LV) structure and function in aerobically trained older athletes (> 45 years) with age-matched untrained controls, in addition to investigating the influence of chronological age. statistic. , 95% CI 0.05-1.86, p = 0.04). Meta-regression for chronological age identified that athlete-control differences, in the main, are maintained during advancing age. Athletic older men have larger cardiac dimensions and enjoy more favourable cardiac function than healthy, non-athletic counterparts. Notably, the athlete groups maintain these effects during chronological ageing. BACKGROUND OBJECTIVES METHODS RESULTS CONCLUSIONS

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 199-219

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Sports Medicine (Volume 49, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 29/10/2018

Publication status

Published - 29/10/2018

ISSN

0112-1642

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/623627
  • Scopus: 85055986058

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