Physical Education GCSE
Cardiac hypertrophy
What Cardiac hypertrophy means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Cardiac hypertrophy
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The heart's muscle wall thickens from training, so resting heart rate falls while resting stroke volume rises.
Topics that use Cardiac hypertrophy
Related terms
- Applying adaptations to specific sports
- Data collection methods
- Distinguishing strength from endurance examples
- Hypertrophy of muscle
- Interpretation of trends
- Long-term training adaptations
- Matching activity demands to the correct body system
- Reliability and limitations
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