Chronobiological assessment of habitual physical activity in humans in Western Siberia

Abstract

The concept of typological variability of physiological individuality was a methodological basis for chrono-physiological assessment of habitual physical activity (HPA) and heart rate (HR) in individuals with different functional types of constitution (FTC) (low HPA (FTC-1), medium HPA (FTC-2), and high HPA (FTC-3)) living at different latitudes of West Siberia (Tyumen, 57°09’N; Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO)–Yugra, 61°00’N; and Yamal–Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO), 63°12’N). The typical chronostructure of the circadian rhythm of HPA and HR was established for each FTC under the conditions of both mid-latitude (Tyumen) and northern regions. The regional differences were determined too. Compared to the mid-latitude parameters, the chrono-physiological assessment of typological variability of HPA and HR in FTC-1, FTC-2 and FTC-3 subjects living under the climatic and geographical conditions of KhMAO–Yugra and YaNAO in each respective group demonstrated a decrease in the midline-estimating statistic of rhythm (MESOR) and energy intensity of the circadian rhythm, an increase in the proportion of ultradian rhythms, differences in the time of HPA and HR acrophases, a decrease in synchronization and coherence indices, as well as a higher coefficient of the number of heart beats per locomotion and a lower circadian index. All of the above parameters of northerners with each FTC, with regard for the general principles of modern approaches, are not pathologies but rather regional characteristics that should be taken into consideration in the assessment of general state of health and prenosological diagnostics; they were the basis for using chronoprevention and time correction of reduced physical activity.