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Electrocardiographic changes in athletic students of the technical university of ambato.

Abstract:

At present, the promotion of the regular practice of physical and sporting activity has become one of the essential objectives of educational policy in different countries. From an integral consideration of health, it is worth high-lighting the psychological and social benefits in the population, which make this activity a primary factor in contributing to the personal development of young people. Likewise, sports activity leads to certain cardiac morphological and functional adaptations, which is related to the type, duration and intensity of physical exercise. In the present cross-sectional analytical study, the electrocardiographic modifications have been analyzed in 120 athletic students of the Technical University of Ambato, who perform regular physical activity and training in the gym-nasiums of the institution. The changes in the electrocardiogram of the athletes showed differences based on sex, age, time of physical exercise performed, indi-vidual susceptibility or cardiovascular history. Among the most common changes in the evaluated group were rhythm disorders due to incomplete right bundle branch block and heart rate with sinus bradycardia, on the other hand, left and right ventricular hypertrophy is also reported in a lower percentage.