Geert Kleinnibbelink

Chapter 4 96 peak systolic apical rotation (both p < 0.05) and steeper slopes of the left- and right-sided strain-volume/area loop compared to male rowers (LV – Sslope, LDslope, both p < 0.05; RV – Sslope, ESlope, LDslope, all p < 0.05) ( Table 1-2, Figure 2 ). Training-induced remodelling. Females demonstrated a significantly larger increase in absolute and scaled LV diameter and LVmass comparedwithmale rowers ( Table 1, Figure 3 ). No differences were found between sexes in the right ventricle or atrium ( Table 2 ).