Different Types of Training Lead to Different Levels of Cardiovascular Energy Dissipation: Young Soccer Players Versus Ballet Dancers.

Introduction: Arterial wall viscosity is a source of energy dissipation that takes place during mechanical transduction. In our previous studies, a "global" damping effect in endurance training athletes was introduced, verifying that endurance-athletes dissipate greater pulsatile energy in the circulation compared with healthy untrained subjects.

Objective: To investigate the wall energy dissipation in the vascular bed for each beat and within the conceptual framework of ventricular-arterial coupling, in order to elucidate if different types of training could lead to differentiated levels of cardiovascular energy dissipation.