a periodic increase in blood pressure (bp) occurs during apneic episodes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa). several factors including hypoxemia and an increase in heart rate (hr) were reported to be responsible for this increased bp. to examine the contribution of these two factors in increasing bp, 35 healthy male subjects (mean age±sd= 23.64±3.80) were studied in three experiment...

objective: for many years in herbal medicine the antihypertensive and lowering blood lipid properties of achillea wilhelmsii (a. wilhelmsii) have been suggested. in the present study the impacts of the plant extract on rabbit’s blood pressure and heart rate have been investigated. materials and methods: twelve nwz rabbits weighed 2-3 kg were randomly divided into two groups of 6 rabbits. the te...

background: at the present time, massage has become a popular therapy employed in complementary medicine. there is evidence showing that back massage might have many positive psychological effects, possibly due to having many autonomic nervous system afferent inputs. one of the frequent positions during massage is prone position. however, there has been limited research investigating the effect...

patients and methods in a double-blind clinical trial, 103 patients (american society of anesthesiologists class i, ii) aged 18 - 45 years old, who were septorhinoplasty candidates, were randomly assigned into two groups, a 900 mg gabapentin group and placebo, in amir-al-momenin academic hospital. the drug was prescribed to the patients orally, 2 hours before the operation. anesthetic technique...

ramadan is a holy month for muslims and fasting in this month is the rule for any healthy matured person. nutritional and behavioral changes occurred during ramadan fasting may lead to several physiological change, such as blood pressure (2). studies evaluated the effects of ramadan fasting on blood pressure in hypertensive patients, are scarce and reported inadequate results. in this paper a s...

introduction: several supra spinal areas such as rostral ventrolateral medulla (rvlm) area are involved in basic cardiovascular regulation. the kolliker— fuse nucleus (kf) is located in pons and is heavily connected with rvlm. the cardiovascular effect of kf nucleus has been shown and it is suggested that kf is involved in sympathetic vasomotor tone and basic cardiovascular regulation. therefor...

objective(s): in this study, the effects of crocin against subchronic toxicity of diazinon (dzn) on systolic blood pressure (sbp) and heart rate (hr) were evaluated in rats. materials and methods: rats were equally divided into 7 groups; control (corn oil), dzn (15 mg/kg), crocin (each group received 12.5, 25 or 50 mg/kg crocin plus dzn), vitamin e (200 iu/kg plus dzn) and crocin (50 mg/kg) tre...

background and aim: low back pain is a common complaint in communities which has negative effects on different aspects of life. an effective method for reduction of low back pain complications is foot reflexology. foot reflexology has a positive effect in reduction of complications in low back pain. foot reflexology reduces respiratory rate, blood pressure and pulse rate. this study is an inves...

introduction: to study the effects of exercise, how important it is to choose a posture? we aimed to characterize the possible impact of different body positions on cardiovascular parameters during and after sustained isometric handgrip (ihg) exercise. materials and methods: cross sectional study was carried out in 33 young adult males (mean age: 19.21±1.083 years). we recorded blood pressure (...

objective: rosa damascena mill l. (r. damascena) is a well-known plant with fragrant effects. several therapeutic effects of this plant on respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems have been reported. it is also suggested to have beneficial effect on cardiovascular system especially blood pressure regulation. the present study was carried out to evaluate acute cardiovascular effect of h...