Publications by authors named "Antonio Carlos Silva Filho"

Background: The interest regarding hypertension among children and adolescents has increased since the blood pressure rating system was updated to be compared with the adult rating system, changing the terminology from "normal high" to "prehypertension".

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the association between cardiac autonomic modulation and pressure levels of adolescents.

Methods: 203 adolescents were grouped according to systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP).

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Unlabelled: Evaluate the cardiac autonomic modulation of adolescents with different levels of sleep quality.

Methods: Adolescents aged 11 to 17 years who presented themselves an explanation of the project with consent form signed by participated in the study. Anthropometric and hemodynamic data collected, and questionnaires.

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Objectives: We compared the autonomic modulation and sleep behavior of eutrophic and overweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: COPD participants were divided into the overweight and eutrophic groups. Pulmonary function, blood pressure, body composition, autonomic modulation, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score were assessed.

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Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the effect a regular inspiratory muscle training program on autonomic modulation measured by heart rate variability, exercise capacity and respiratory function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects (COPD).

Design: Single-center controlled study, with balanced randomization (1:1 for two arms).

Setting: A COPD reference hospital localized in Sao Luís, Brazil.

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The present study aimed to investigate the impact of a short-term exercise training (ET) on the cardiorespiratory fitness and autonomic modulation of women with breast cancer who were receiving adjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormonotherapy. Eighteen women previously diagnosed with breast cancer receiving adjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormone therapy were randomly allocated into breast cancer nonexercise (BC) and exercise groups (BC+Ex). Moreover, nine healthy physically inactive volunteers were recruited to compose the noncancer control group (CG).

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Hypertension is a worldwide prevalent disease, mostly manifested as its primary ethiology, characterized by a chronic, multifactorial, asymptomatic, and usually incurable state. It is estimated that more than one billion of the world population is hypertensive. Also, hypertension is the main cause of the two most frequent causes of death worldwide: myocardial infarction and stroke.

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Purpose: We aimed to analyze the acute autonomic response of obese and eutrophic prepubertal boys to an exergame (EXG) session.

Materials And Method: Nine eutrophic (8.89 ± 2.

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Modulation of the autonomic nervous system on heart rate can be compromised in chronic kidney disease and may result in changes in the frequency and duration of the cardiac cycle. The aim of this study was to evaluate autonomic modulation in active and sedentary renal transplant recipients. Twenty renal-transplanted individuals were analyzed at the Centro de Prevenção de Doenças Renais (Kidney Disease Education Centre), in the academic hospital of Universidade Federal do Maranhão, and were divided into the active group (AG) and the sedentary group (SG).

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