Cardiorespiratory effects of warm water immersion in elderly patients with chronic heart failure

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 313-317

  Cider, Åsa ^a,b   Sunnerhagen, Katharina Stibrant ^a   Schaufelberger, Maria ^a   Andersson, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Hydrotherapy; Oxygen consumption; Oxygen kinetics; Pulmonary ventilation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HOT WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SITTING; SWIMMING POOL; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 28244436446     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2005.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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