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Sportrix A. Birklbauer

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PhD in sport science, exercise physiologist, clinical exercise physiologist / Trainingstherapeutin, sports cardiology & preventive cardiology focus of work, woman on two wheels and cycling-enthusiast, active lifestyle supporter,

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Nov 20

that's me and that's what I am happy about. Doing sport science stuff, helping people w/ exercise, training, race prep, exercising with heart diseased people and getting them in touch with exercise. www.sportrix.at

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#cardiology

Sportrix, die Spowi-Praxis - Leistungsdiagnostik, Personal Training, Herztraining

Sportrix bietet persönliche Betreuung beim Training und auch speziell nach Herzerkrankungen. Sportwissenschaftliche Unterstützung für deine Höchstleistung!

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · 14m

Physical Activity and Exercise Intensity Terminology: A Joint American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Expert Statement and Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) Consensus Statement - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport www.jsams.org/article/S144...

Physical Activity and Exercise Intensity Terminology: A Joint American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Expert Statement and Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) Consensus Statement

BISHOP, D. J., B. BECK, S. J. H. BIDDLE, K. L. DENAY, A. FERRI, M. J. GIBALA, S. HEADLEY, A. M. JONES, M. JUNG, M. J. LEE, T. MOHOLDT, R. U. NEWTON, S. NIMPHIUS, L. S. PESCATELLO, N. J. SANER, and C. ...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · 1d

Prevalence and Outcomes of Competitive Athletes From the United States With Electrocardiographic Athletic Anterior Early Repolarization | JACC: Advances www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

Prevalence and Outcomes of Competitive Athletes From the United States With Electrocardiographic Athletic Anterior Early Repolarization:

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · 10d

your are what you eat - brain health and the gut
we know it - but this is still interesting read
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Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Regulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis - Katherine E. Guzzetta, John F. Cryan, Olivia F. O’Leary, 2022

The birth, maturation, and integration of new neurons in the adult hippocampus regulates specific learning and memory processes, responses to stress, and antide...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · 14d

Abnormal electrocardiogram findings in athletes url: academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...

Abnormal electrocardiogram findings in athletes: A consensus statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

Abstract. Athletes commonly exhibit a series of electrical, structural, and functional physiological changes which may overlap with cardiac pathology. The

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · 16d

exercise = medicine ✔️
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Exercise-induced cardioprotection: From endogenous to exogenous mechanisms

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains the leading form of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, while exercise is a preventative and therapeutic…

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Sep 4

interesting aspect #substitution of physical activity doi.org/10.1111/dom....

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Sep 2

why I commute to work? Well... b/c it's fun and 👉 Commuting by bicycle (vs. by car) is associated with improved aerobic power, microvascular function and diminished CO2 output in the atmosphere - Ursella - Experimental Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Commuting by bicycle (vs. by car) is associated with improved aerobic power, microvascular function and diminished CO2 output in the atmosphere

The study investigated whether bicycle compared with car commuting, over relatively small distances, has positive effects on physiological variables, cardiometabolic fitness and CO2 output in the atm...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 29

#sneakpeak guidelines academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...

2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis: Developed by the task force for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endors...

Guidelines evaluate and summarize available evidence with the aim of assisting health professionals in proposing the best diagnostic or therapeutic approac

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 13

submission is never easy journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Consensus Statements—Optimizing Performance of the Elite Athlete

The International Consensus Conference “Optimising Performance of the Elite Athlete,” held in November 2024, brought together 29 scientists, some coaches, and athletes to establish evidence-based con...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the role of reduced O2 pulse and chronotropic incompetence in myocardial adaptation

AbstractAims. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with functional limitations during exercise. We aimed to evaluate oxygen pulse (O2p) as a str

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 9

Interesting paper, interesting read
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Factors Affecting V̇O2 and Fat Oxidation Responses During Step Incremental Exercise

Step incremental exercise tests are widely used to assess endurance performance determinants; however, to what extent step duration influences oxygen uptake (V̇O2) and carbon dioxide production (V̇CO...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 6

Interesting title, let‘s read the paper on MIT and cycling

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A Moderate-Intensity Interval Training Block Improves... : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Methods Using a randomized crossover design, 30 well-trained male cyclists (maximal oxygen consumption (V̇O2max), 70.5 (4.6) mL·min−1·kg−1) completed both MITblock and REG. The MIT microcycle involv...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 5

b/c it's healthy AND athletic - body weight discussion after the tour - mind your body, everybody. www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/prou...

'Proud of my weight' - Vollering inspires young cyclists at Tour de France Femmes

After finishing runner-up at the Tour de France Femmes for the second consecutive year, Demi Vollering reflected on the race and responded to criticism of…

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Aug 3

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'Abandoning will never be an option' - broken and bruised, these riders are just trying to finish the Tour de France Femmes

For the smaller teams at the race, reaching the end is a goal in itself

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 31

it's always a discussion when the question is to screen or not to screen prior to sport events academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...

Pre-participation screening in competitive athletes in Italy: an analysis of real-world practice from a large database

AbstractAims. This study aims to evaluate outcomes and resource utilization of pre-participation screening (PPS) in a cohort of young (≤18 years), adult (1

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 31

atrial fibrillation #afib more and more an issue when working with recreational athletes
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Role of exercise in atrial fibrillation management

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice and presents a significant and growing public health challenge. In a rigorously conducted Coch...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 27

Whats the right exercise intensity in favour of health? www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Benefits of Physical Activity and Exercise | Circulation Research

While humans evolved to perform routine endurance activity, recent secular trends in the United States and globally have resulted in a dramatic rise in the amount of time spent inactive in both occupa...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 25

I am not that big fan of RPE alone.... esp. in the early exercise training phases it needs more than that - I think. nice paper Exercise prescription in heart failure: the next step academic.oup.com/eurjpc/artic...

Exercise prescription in heart failure: the next step

We read with great interest the study by Palau et al.,1 and was very insightful. The study shows that the modern cardiac rehabilitations deal with more spe

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Welser Radtalent Wiesmayr mit der Wut im Bauch zu Gold

Auf Zeitfahr-Enttäuschung folgte der Triumph im Straßenrennen der Europäischen Jugendspiele

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 18

Should we worry? Veterans' heart scars: bad or not?
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American Heart Association Journals

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 18

Interesting Evening read
the athlete‘s heart revisited

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Athlete’s Heart Revisited: Historical, Clinical, and Molecular Perspectives | Circulation Research

The athlete’s heart, formally introduced by Henschen and Darling in 1899 through observations of cardiac enlargement in endurance athletes, has evolved from a clinical curiosity to a recognized physio...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 17

Prehabilitation, b/c it's important
Enhancing muscle and brain resilience: The role of prehabilitative exercise in mitigating disuse effects - Soendenbroe - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Advancing Aerobic Exercise Training Intensity Prescription in Health and Disease Beyond Standard Recommendations: A Call to Action - PubMed

Guidelines for aerobic exercise training (AET) often recommend training intensities on the basis of a percentage of peak effort (e.g. %peak heart rate [%HR<sub>peak</sub>], %peak oxygen uptake [%VO<su...

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Sportrix A. Birklbauer @sportrixanita.bsky.social · Jul 13

Can s/he?
An often asked question by many waiting athletes 🫀👇🏻
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Abnormal Pre-Participation Cardiac Screening in Athletes: Can an Athlete Train While Waiting for a “Diagnosis”?

Discover why JACC is the ultimate publishing partner for your cardiovascular research.