Exercise rehabilitation restores physiological cardiovascular responses to short-term head-out water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Mourot, Laurent ^a,b   Teffaha, D ^d   Bouhaddi, M ^a,c   Ounissi, F ^e   Vernochet, P ^e   Dugue, B ^d   Regnard, J ^a,c   Monpere C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e Centre de Réadaptation Cardiovasculaire Bois Gibert   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular system; Head out water immersion; Pulse wave analysis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; TONOMETRY; WATER IMMERSION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 75749141779     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181c8595c     Document Type: Article

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