scholarly journals Comparison of acute cardiovascular responses during a rowing test in laboratory and field conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-368
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Coutlianos ◽  
Nikolaos Panolias ◽  
Milena Tomović ◽  
Serafeim Alexiou

This study compares the acute cardiovascular responses of rowing athletes during a rowing test in laboratory and field conditions in order to identify possible differences between the two types of the rowing tests. Six male rowers completed the rowing tests, using the Concept2 rowing paddle at the laboratory and a skiff in the water. Heart rate, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) and oxygen saturation (% SpO2) were measured in both tests. Data analysis showed no significant differences regarding the heart rate (p > 0.05), systolic blood pressure (p > 0.05) and the oxygen saturation rate (p > 0.05) between the laboratory and field trials, while a similar evolution of these parameter values was recorded at all times when the measurements were taken. Only at diastolic pressure values, there were statistically significant differences in the measurements taken immediately post the rowing test and the values obtained up to the 7th minute of the recovery. Overall, there were only slight fluctuations in the cardiovascular responses of the rowing athletes, between the laboratory test and the field test, and the laboratory test may be quite reliable for the performance assessment of the rowers. However, field trials are reported to have the advantage of offering greater validity and specificity because they better simulate actual competition events.

1988 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Hainsworth ◽  
Y. M. H. Al-Shamma

1. The cardiovascular responses to passive upright tilting were determined in healthy human subjects of various ages using entirely ‘non-invasive’ techniques. Cardiac output was determined by a single breath method and arterial blood pressure by an automatic sphygmomanometer. 2. Steady-state responses were achieved within 4–6 min from the onset of the tilt and were maintained for at least 15 min. 3. The reproducibilities of the responses to tilting by 60°, expressed as two standard deviations of the differences between responses on two occasions (mean responses in parentheses), were: cardiac output ±0.70 (−1.41) litre/min, heart rate ±7.6 (+ 14.7) beats/min, systolic blood pressure ± 15.5 (+ 1.0), and diastolic blood pressure μ13.1 (+ 13.6)mmHg. 4. Tilting by 20° resulted in no significant responses but between 20° and 60° responses were linearly related to the angle of tilt. 5. Supine values and responses to tilting by 60° were compared in subjects in four age groups between 20 and 80 years. With increasing age, the supine values of cardiac output declined and those of arterial blood pressures increased. Responses of heart rate, cardiac output and diastolic pressure declined by increasing age. These results, obtained from a healthy population, provide reference values for comparison with individuals who may have deficient postural responses.


1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Finfer ◽  
S. I. P. MacKenzie ◽  
J. M. Saddler ◽  
T. G. L. Watkins

The cardiovascular responses to tracheal intubation using a fibreoptic bronchoscope or Macintosh laryngoscope were compared in twenty in-patients and twenty day-stay patients. Within these groups patients were randomly allocated to direct laryngoscopic or fibreoptic bronchoscopic intubation. Arterial blood pressure, heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation were recorded before induction and at one-minute intervals until four minutes after intubation. In both groups both laryngoscopic and bronchoscopic intubation resulted in a significant rise in blood pressure and heart rate. At no stage was there a significant difference in mean blood pressure in either group, or in heart rate in the day-stay patients, between the different methods of intubation. In the in-patients mean heart rate was significantly higher in those patients intubated with the bronchoscope at three and four minutes after intubation. Time taken for intubation was significantly longer in those patients intubated with the bronchoscope. In no patient did the arterial oxygen saturation fall below 98%.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Shireen H. Ramadhan ◽  
Shamil K. Talal ◽  
Wasfiya A. Moner

Tobacco smoke is enormously harmful to human health, there’s no safe way to smoke. The primary objective of this study is to analyze the role of tobacco smoke compounds and their ability to damage the cardiovascular system and, in particular, to interfere with blood pressure (Brachial and radial pressure), heart rate and partly on the percentage blood Oxygen saturation. A new device has been manufactured which is unique for measuring the level of smoke, to obtained privies readings, the device had fixed to the first reference level آ and starting up from it. The effect of smoking has been studied on (26) male passive (26) active smoker volunteer, (14) female passive and (14) female active smoker participants. The results has been showed that the blood pressure and heart rate has been increased with increasing the number of cigarettes in both genders for passive and active smokers. However, this effect for male was more pronounced comparing with females for passive and active smokers. In the case of oxygen saturation concentration percentage, for males the change of oxygen concentration percentage was not stable. In other words, it was fluctuated with the number of cigarettes. But for females the oxygen concentration was decreased but not too much. This means that this effect was not pronounced. this study found آ that the most pronounced effect has been shown by male’s comparison to females for both passive and active smokers. As well as in nonsmoker’s males, the relation between heart rate and smoke level is inversely proportional. While in male and female smokers and female nonsmokers the relation is proportional. In all cases the relation between the smoke level and time of smoking is inversely proportional. Finally males& females are affected differently by tobacco use; the sensitivities to smoke for males are higher than in females for passive and active smokers in both brachial and radial blood pressure measurement.


Author(s):  
Ewan Thomas ◽  
Marianna Bellafiore ◽  
Ambra Gentile ◽  
Antonio Paoli ◽  
Antonio Palma ◽  
...  

AbstractThe aim of this study will be to review the current body of literature to understand the effects of stretching on the responses of the cardiovascular system. A literature search was performed using the following databases: Scopus, NLM Pubmed and ScienceDirect. Studies regarding the effects of stretching on responses of the cardiovascular system were investigated. Outcomes regarded heart rate(HR), blood pressure, pulse wave velocity (PWV of which baPWV for brachial-ankle and cfPWV for carotid-femoral waveforms), heart rate variability and endothelial vascular function. Subsequently, the effects of each outcome were quantitatively synthetized using meta-analytic synthesis with random-effect models. A total of 16 studies were considered eligible and included in the quantitative synthesis. Groups were also stratified according to cross-sectional or longitudinal stretching interventions. Quality assessment through the NHLBI tools observed a “fair-to-good” quality of the studies. The meta-analytic synthesis showed a significant effect of d=0.38 concerning HR, d=2.04 regarding baPWV and d=0.46 for cfPWV. Stretching significantly reduces arterial stiffness and HR. The qualitative description of the studies was also supported by the meta-analytic synthesis. No adverse effects were reported, after stretching, in patients affected by cardiovascular disease on blood pressure. There is a lack of studies regarding vascular adaptations to stretching.


2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-361
Author(s):  
Geraldo Andrade Capuchinho-Júnior ◽  
Ricardo Marques Dias ◽  
Sônia Regina da Silva de Carvalho

1963 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 987-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanker Rao

Reports of cardiovascular responses to head-stand posture are lacking in literature. The results of the various responses, respectively, to the supine, erect, and head-stand posture, are as follows: heart rate/min 67, 84, and 69; brachial arterial pressure mm Hg 92, 90, and 108; posterior tibial arterial pressure mm Hg 98, 196, and 10; finger blood flow ml/100 ml min 4.5, 4.4, and 5.2; toe blood flow ml/100 ml min 7.1, 8.1, and 3.4; forehead skin temperature C 34.4, 34.0 and 34.3; dorsum foot skin temperature C 28.6, 28.2, and 28.2. It is inferred that the high-pressure-capacity vessels between the heart level and posterior tibial artery have little nervous control. The high-pressure baroreceptors take active part in postural adjustments of circulation. The blood pressure equating mechanism is not as efficient when vital tissues are pooled with blood as when blood supply to them is reduced. man; heart rate; blood flow; skin temperature Submitted on January 3, 1963


2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-552
Author(s):  
João Douglas Alves ◽  
Jorge Luiz de Brito Gomes ◽  
Caio Victor Coutinho de Oliveira ◽  
José Victor de Miranda Henriques Alves ◽  
Fabiana Ranielle de Siqueira Nogueira ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction: Tai-Chi-Chuan and Yoga have becoming popular practices. However is unclear the cardiovascular effects, and if they present similar behavior to aerobic and resistance sessions. Objective: To evaluate the cardiovascular responses during the session and post-exercise hypotension (PEH) of Tai Chi Chuan (TS) and Yoga (YS) in comparison to aerobic (AS) and resistance (SR) exercises. Methods: Fourteen young women (22.3 ± 2 years) apparently healthy performed four sessions (AS, RS, TS and YS). The heart rate (HR), systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were recorded at resting, during (every 10 minutes) and until 50 minutes of recovery. Results: AS, RS, TS e YS showed significant increase in HR compared to resting.AS at 10, 30 e 50 minutes in relation to RS, TS e YS. The RS in relation to TS and YS at 10, 30 and 50 minutes. No significant difference between TS and YS. SBP was significantly increased in AS, RS, TS e YS at 10, 30 e 50 minutes during the session, in relation to rest. AS was significantly higher at 30 e 50 minutes than RS and higher than TS and YS at 10, 30 e 50 minutes. No significant difference in DBP. For PEH, AS, RS and TS significantly reduced at 10, 30 and 50 minutes. YS reduced at 50 minutes. No significant diastolic PEH. Conclusion: TS and YS showed as safe alternatives of exercising in the normotensive young adult woman, despite having lower values, they promote similar hemodynamic behavior to AS and RS.


1987 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 1186-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Kozelka ◽  
G. W. Christy ◽  
R. D. Wurster

The ascending spinal pathways mediating somatocardiovascular reflexes during exercise were studied in unanesthetized dogs by placing lesions in the lumbar spinal cord. After training to run on a treadmill with hindlimbs only, 20 dogs were anesthetized and instrumented using sterile surgical techniques. To chronically record heart rate and arterial blood pressure, the aorta was cannulated via the omocervical artery. To test the intactness of descending spinal sympathetic pathways, reflex pressor responses to baroreceptor hypotension were produced by bilateral carotid arterial occlusion using pneumatic vessel occluders placed around the common carotid arteries. To generate transient ischemic exercise (120 s), a pneumatic occluder was placed around the left iliac artery. Eight to 10 days after instrumentation, blood pressure and heart rate were monitored at rest and during hindlimb running with and without simultaneous iliac arterial occlusion. The modest pressor response and tachycardia elicited by hindlimb exercise were markedly augmented by simultaneous hindlimb ischemia (i.e., iliac arterial occlusion). Lesion placement in the dorsolateral sulcus area and the dorsolateral funiculus at L2 significantly reduced the blood pressure and heart rate responses to simultaneous exercise occlusion. The cardiovascular responses to nonischemic exercise and bilateral carotid arterial occlusion were not altered by such spinal sections. It is concluded that in the dog the ascending spinal pathways mediating cardiovascular responses to ischemic exercise are located in the lateral funiculus, including the dorsolateral sulcus area and dorsolateral funiculus.


2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adamu Alemayehu ◽  
Laura Breen ◽  
Drahomira Krenova ◽  
Morton P. Printz

Evidence exists implying multiple blood pressure quantitative trait loci (QTL) on rat chromosome 2. To examine this possibility, four congenic strains and nine substrains were developed with varying size chromosome segments introgressed from the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR/lj) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY/lj) onto the reciprocal genetic background. Cardiovascular phenotyping was conducted with telemetry over extended periods during standard salt (0.7%) and high-salt (8%) diets. Our results are consistent with at least three independent pressor QTL: transfer of SHR/lj alleles to WKY/lj reveals pressor QTL within D2Rat21-D2Rat27 and D2Mgh10-D2Rat62, whereas transfer of WKY/lj D2Rat161-D2Mit8 to SHR/lj reveals a depressor locus. Our results also suggest a depressor QTL in SHR/lj located within D2Rat161-D2Mgh10. Introgressed WKY/lj segments also reveal a heart rate QTL within D2Rat40-D2Rat50 which abolished salt-induced bradycardia, dependent upon adjoining SHR/lj alleles. This study confirms the presence of multiple blood pressure QTL on chromosome 2. Taken together with our other studies, we conclude that rat chromosome 2 is rich in alleles for cardiovascular and behavioral traits and for coordinated coupling between behavior and cardiovascular responses.


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