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Exercise Responses after InactivityThe exercise response after bed rest inactivity is a reduction in the physical work capacity and is manifested by significant decreases in oxygen uptake. The magnitude of decrease in maximal oxygen intake V(dot)O2max is related to the duration of confinement and the pre-bed-rest level of aerobic fitness; these relationships are relatively independent of age and gender. The reduced exercise performance and V(dot)O2max following bed rest are associated with various physiological adaptations including reductions in blood volume, submaximal and maximal stroke volume, maximal cardiac output, sceletal muscle tone and strength, and aerobic enzyme capacities, as well as increases in venous compliance and submaximal and maximal heart rate. This reduction in physiological capacity can be partially restored by specific countermeasures that provide regular muscular activity or orhtostatic stress or both during the bed rest exposure. The understanding of these physiological and physical responses to exercise following bed rest inactivity has important implications for the solution to safety and health problems that arise in clinical medicine, aerospace medicine, sedentary living, and aging.
Document ID
19950066059
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Convertino, Victor A.
(Bionetics Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL., United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
95X10425
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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