1. Redox Changes in Amateur Race Car Drivers Before and After Racing
- Author
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Paul Gutowski, Charles W. Mains, Kimberly B. Bjugstad, David Bar-Or, Pamela Bourg, and Jennifer Pekarek
- Subjects
Engineering ,medicine.medical_specialty ,hypertension ,Demographics ,business.industry ,Physiology & Biochemistry ,car racing ,antioxidant capacity ,Car driving ,Automotive engineering ,Car drivers ,Antioxidant capacity ,Blood pressure ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Heart rate ,heart rate ,medicine ,business ,human activities ,Amateur ,Car racing - Abstract
Despite the unique opportunity race car driving provides to study exercise in extreme conditions, the sport of racing is under-represented. A better understanding of how racing changes physiological measures combined with driver demographics may help reduce driver risks and expand the field of driver science. This study charted the changes in heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, static oxidation reduction potential (sORP), and antioxidant capacity in drivers before and after racing (n=23). The interaction between racing and driver characteristics on physiological variables were evaluated. Heart rate, body temperature, and sORP were elevated after racing (P0.05). Elevated post-race sORP values were associated with higher pre-race systolic blood pressure and lower antioxidant capacity (P
- Published
- 2017