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. 2021 Apr 26;12:678462. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.678462

TABLE 2.

Within-subject correlation between sleep and nocturnal heart rate variability indices with session-rating of perceived exertion (s-RPE) and training impulse (TRIMP) during the 14 days of in-season competitive phase (n = 34).

s-RPE TRIMP


r (95% Confidence Interval) P Description r (95% Confidence Interval) P Description
Sleep duration −0.43 (−0.53; −0.32) <0.001 Moderate −0.25 (−0.36; −0.12) <0.001 Small
Sleep efficiency −0.17 (−0.29; −0.05) 0.02 Small −0.20 (−0.32; −0.08) 0.004 Small
lnRMSSD 0.07 (−0.05; 0.20) 0.38 Unclear 0.01 (−0.12; 0.14) 0.97 Unclear
lnLF 0.09 (−0.04; 0.21) 0.26 Unclear 0.05 (−0.07; 0.18) 0.53 Unclear
lnHF 0.01 (−0.12; 0.14) 0.97 Unclear −0.02 (−0.14; 0.11) 0.92 Unclear

lnRMSSD, natural logarithm of square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent NN intervals; lnLF, natural logarithm of low-frequency; lnHF, natural logarithm of high-frequency; LF/HF, ratio of the low to high frequency power.