[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of Pilates exercise on static and dynamic balance in chronic stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Nineteen individuals with unilateral chronic hemiparetic stroke (age, 64.7 ± 6.9 years; height, 161.7 ± 7.9 cm; weight, 67.0 ± 11.1 kg) were randomly allocated to either a Pilates exercise group (PG, n=10) or a control group (CG, n=9...

AIMS Functional mitral regurgitation (MR) and myocardial asynchronism occur commonly in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and affect adversely their prognosis and symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mechanisms of changes in MR severity during dynamic exercise in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS AND RESULTS Seventy patients with CHF due to left ventricular ...

In this issue of the RESPIRATORY CARE, Monteiro and colleagues1 contribute to the scientific literature of COPD by applying in these patients a modality of noninvasive ventilation that has not yet been studied in depth during exercise: expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP). The authors evaluated the effects of EPAP delivered by a spring load resistor face mask on dynamic hyperinflation dur...

introduction: effects of exercise on different body systems, especially cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems are evidenced. there is a dynamic homeostatic balance between coagulation and fibrinolysis in normal circulation. effect of exercise and training on this homeostatic balance has been studied extensively but there are a few studies with regards to analysis of the effects of training...

Individuals with spinal cord injuries above thoracic level 6 (T(6)) experience life-threatening bouts of hypertension, termed autonomic dysreflexia (AD). AD is mediated by peripheral alpha-adrenergic receptor supersensitivity as well as a reorganization of spinal pathways controlling sympathetic preganglionic neurons. A single bout of dynamic exercise may be a safe therapeutic approach to reduc...

Extensive exercise increases the plasma content of IL-6, IL-8, IL-15, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and several other cytokines via their augmented transcription in skeletal muscle cells. However, the relative impact of aerobic and resistant training interventions on cytokine production remains poorly defined. In this study, we compared effects of dynamic and static load on cytokine plasma ...

The purpose of this study was to clarify the additive efficacy of short-acting β(2)-agonists (SABA) or muscarinic antagonists (SAMA) on dynamic hyperinflation and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who had been treated with long-acting bronchodilators. Thirty-two patients with stable COPD who had been treated with long-acting bronchodilators, includ...

To investigate the influence of cigarette smoking on exercise capacity, respiratory responses and dynamic changes in lung volume during exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes. Forty-one men with type, 2 diabetes without cardiopulmonary disease were recruited and divided into 28 non-current smokers and 13 current smokers. All subjects received lung function tests and cardiopulmonary exercise ...

With the use of the meta-analytic approach, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of dynamic resistance exercise, i.e., weight training, on resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults. A total of nine studies consisting of 259 subjects (144 exercise, 115 control) and 18 groups (9 exercise, 9 control) were included in this analysis. With the use of the bootstrap techni...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of pectoralis minor stretching and shoulder strengthening with an elastic band on balance and maximal shoulder muscle strength in young adults with rounded shoulder posture. [Subjects and Methods] Nineteen subjects with rounded shoulder posture were randomly divided into 2 groups: a shoulder stabilization exercise group and a stretc...