When comparing the sexes, men present larger lungs and thoracic wall and they have larger capacity to assist the demands imposed to the airflow rate, lung volume and alveolus-capillary diffusion. However, differences in ...

Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has been shown to improve aerobic and anaerobic performance. However, its effect on high-intensity interval exercise has been controversial, placebo effect has not been adequately controlled, ...

One of the main implications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to a state of muscle atrophy. Resistance training is traditionally applied to increase muscle mass, however, there is a lack of complementary studies to ...

Despite the consensus about the harm caused by the use of androgenic anabolic steroids, it has become increasingly common the association between these substances with strenuous training protocols, in order to accelerate ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia in the adult population worldwide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular performance, after a program of continuous aerobic ...

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a rapidly progressive disease with multiple etiologies and an extremely poor prognosis. Patients with PAH present marked autonomic dysfunction, characterized by increase in sympathetic ...

Swimming is a very popular sport especially amongst young people. It is known that swimming performance is influenced by several factors, such as anthropometric and physiological aspects. However, the level of relative ...