conclusions children engaged with regular football practice presented enhanced physical fitness and autonomic function, by increasing vagal tone at rest. results the anthropometric and body composition characteristics were similar in both groups (p > 0.05). the groups were also similar in time spent daily on moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (fg vs. cg: 114 ± 64 vs. 87 ± 55 minutes; p > ...

background: despite the widespread use of respiratory protection equipment in different jobs, the effects of these devices on people’s physiological responses are not well recognized as yet. therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the air purifying respiratory protection equipment on the heart rate. methods: this experimental study was performed in a climate chamber under ...

Rationale: Evidence suggests that training in hypoxia can be very effective even while requiring less physical effort. We therefore aimed to measure the effect of endurance training under hypoxic conditions on pulmonary and cardiovascular parameters in an elderly population undergoing inpatient rehabilitation. Methods: Forty patients over age 65 years with multiple co-morbid conditions were rec...

conclusion our findings support prone positioning for premature infants. therefore, it is advisable to nicu staff that if there is no obstacle for changing the infant’s position, prone position in infants with respiratory complications during receiving n-cpap in nicu can be useful. regarding the fact that prone position is a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome , prone position should b...

introduction: the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (bst) is a limbic structure which is involved in cardiovascular regulation and baroreflex modulation. the presence of cholinergic synaptic terminalis with high level of muscarinic receptors in the bst has been demonstrated. this study was performed to find the role of the cholinergic muscarinic receptor in cardiovascular response and baroref...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the association between linear standard Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measures and vascular, renal and cardiac target organ damage (TOD). METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed including 200 patients registered in the Regione Campania network (aged 62.4 ± 12, male 64%). HRV analysis was performed by 24-h holter ECG. Renal damage was assessed by estimated glomeru...

background: most preclinical studies are carried out on mice. for internal dose  assessment of a mouse, specific absorbed fraction (saf) values play an important role.  in most studies, saf values are estimated using older standard human organ compositions  and values for limited source target pairs. objective: saf values for monoenergetic photons of energies 15, 50, 100, 500,  1000 and 4000 ke...