Maximal exercise limitation in functionally overreached triathletes: role of cardiac adrenergic stimulation.

Functional overreaching (F-OR) induced by heavy load endurance training programs has been associated with reduced heart rate values both at rest and during exercise. Because this phenomenon may reflect an impairment of cardiac response, this research was conducted to test this hypothesis. Thirty-five experienced male triathletes were tested (11 control and 24 overload subjects) before overloading (Pre), immediately after overloading (Mid), and after a 2-wk taper period (Post).

Evidence of parasympathetic hyperactivity in functionally overreached athletes.

Purpose: We analyzed HR variability (HRV) to detect alterations in autonomic function that may be associated with functional overreaching (F-OR) in endurance athletes.

Methods: Twenty-one trained male triathletes were randomly assigned to either intensified training (n = 13) or normal training (n = 8) groups during 5 wk. HRV measures were taken daily during a 1-wk moderate training (baseline), a 3-wk overload training, and a 1-wk taper.

[Information and anesthesia: what does the patient desire?].

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the patient's desire for information regarding their preoperative care and to assess the anaesthetists' perception of that desire.

Study Design: Questionnaire.

Methods: The question: "Would you like to be fully informed about" 13 topics of the perioperative management was asked to 106 patients at the time of the preoperative visit.

Preoperative analgesia with epidural morphine.

In a prospective double-blind study, we examined the effects of preoperative epidural morphine associated with general anesthesia (GA) on intra- and postoperative analgesic requirements over a 3-day postoperative period. Twenty patients scheduled for major intraabdominal surgery were randomly assigned to two groups: a control group (n = 10) and an epidural group (n = 10) which received an epidural injection of 5 mg of preservative-free morphine in 10 mL of 0.9% saline.