Cardiac Autonomic Modulations and Psychological Correlates in the Yukon Arctic Ultra: The Longest and the Coldest Ultramarathon

• Published in: Frontiers in Physiology
• Main Authors: Rundfeldt, Lea C., Maggioni, Martina A., Coker, Robert H., Gunga, Hanns-Christian, Riveros-Rivera, Alain, Schalt, Adriane, Steinach, Mathias
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: Physiology; Arctic; Borg; Yukon; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816048/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29483874; https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00035

Studies on human physical performance in extreme environments have effectively approached the investigation of adaptation mechanisms and their physiological limits. As scientific interest in the interplay between physiological and psychological aspects of performance is growing, we aimed to investig...