background: hawthorn species decreases blood pressure and relaxes precontracted vessels. this study aimed at examining the antihypertensive effect and related mechanisms of hydroalcoholic extract of crataegus azarolus subspecies aronia fruit in rats with renovascular hypertension. methods: six groups of male sprague-dawley rats, each containing 6 to 8 rats, were studied. the groups comprised of...

Background: Physical or cardio-respiratory fitness are of the best important physiological variables in children with cerebral palsy (CP), but the researches on exercise response of individuals with CP are limited. Our aim was to determine the effect of sub-maximal rehabilitation program (aerobic exercise) on maximal oxygen uptake, oxygen pulse and cardiorespiratory physiological variables of c...

[Purpose] The purpose of present study was associate the increase of respiratory muscle strength with blood pressure levels in hypertensive subjects who underwent an aerobic exercise program. [Subjects and Methods] 90 hypertensive subjects were divided in two groups: intervention and control. All participants had an interview with a physiotherapist and were evaluated by 6-minute walk test, maxi...

conclusions the study showed that preparation package was effective in decreasing sbp and dbp, as well as heart rate. therefore, using multimodal comprehensive preparation packages, such as the package used in the present report, is suggested. results from the total number of 66 patients, the 63.3% were male and married. no significant differences were observed between the mean of sbp and dbp a...

Background: The post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is a common complication in spinal anesthesia. Headache may occure seven days after dural puncture. The headache may be worsened in sitting position and be better in supine position. PDPH is common in younger and tall people. The incidence rate of PDPH related to the size of spinal needle and the number of try and decrease with small, cutting ...

objective: several studies have shown that chichorium intybus l. (c. intybus) which possesses flavonoid compounds has an effective role in treatment of cardiovascular diseases. contractile dysfunction mostly occurs after acute myocardial infarction, cardiac bypass surgery, heart transplantation and coronary angioplasty. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of aqueous extra...

the present study aimed to determine the effects of 12 weeks of aerobic exercise in different times of day on some cardiovascular risk factors in overweight men. 40 non-athletes, overweight men with an average age of 22.25±2.45 years old and bmi of 30.06±2.42 kg/m2 were randomly allocated to four groups of morning and evening aerobic training and control. morning and evening training groups per...