Component
Vagal-related heart rate variability (Ln rMSSD)
Vagal-related heart rate variability (Ln rMSSD). Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Five minutes of immersion at 15 degrees C after training reduced the usual exercise-induced decrease in parasympathetic activity, with vagal-related heart rate variability likely to very likely improved on days 2 to 5 compared with control.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/21941017.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1567, "text_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910"}
- experimental_model
- Eight highly trained swimmers over two matched training weeks in randomised order
- exposure
- 5 minutes of seated recovery at 15 degrees C after the last training session each day
- limitations
- A small crossover in elite athletes using magnitude-based inference. Sleep quality is self-reported.
- nutrient_topic
- Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. · Cold water immersion
- organism
- Human
- plain_language
- A short cold dip after training keeps the calming branch of the nervous system from dropping.
- primary_references
- [cold-p21941017] Effect of daily cold water immersion on heart rate variability and subjective ratings of well-being in highly trained swimmers. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21941017/ DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.1.33
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Autonomic nervous system and sleep
Cold water immersion: cold sensing, heat production, the catecholamine axis and what repeated exposure changes (2026-09-19) · lines 767–778
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Eight highly trained swimmers over two matched training weeks in randomised order · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### cold-hrv-recovery Five minutes of immersion at 15 degrees C after training reduced the usual exercise-induced decrease in parasympathetic activity, with vagal-related heart rate variability likely to very likely improved on days 2 to 5 compared with control. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. plain_language: A short cold dip after training keeps the calming branch of the nervous system from dropping. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Autonomic nervous system and sleep experimental_model: Eight highly trained swimmers over two matched training weeks in randomised order limitations: A small crossover in elite athletes using magnitude-based inference. Sleep quality is self-reported. exposure: 5 minutes of seated recovery at 15 degrees C after the last training session each day evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/21941017.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1567, "text_sha256": "0cd5dfad3441e660d67198cf010e5fa160936cb66c37b129b575d29d74940910"} [cold-p21941017] Effect of daily cold water immersion on heart rate variability and subjective ratings of well-being in highly trained swimmers. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21941017/ DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.1.33
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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