Associations between physical fitness, body composition, and heart rate variability during exercise in older people: exploring mediating factors
Body composition and cardiac autonomic response to exercise are associated with physical fitness in older people, highlighting a possible protective effect of muscle mass against the decline in physical fitness associated with increased body fat.
Authors
- Cristian Andrés Núñez-Espinosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9896-7062)
- Matías Mabe-Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6577-8620)
- Matías Castillo-Aguilar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7291-247X)
- Carla Basualto-Alarcón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0934-8201)
- Ruby Méndez Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5280-4380)
- Diego Mabe-Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6663-2153)
Institutions
- Universidad de Aysén (CL)
- Universidad de Magallanes (CL)
- University of Chile (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18061
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.81
Funders
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo