Clinical and Cardiometabolic Effects of Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Postmenopausal Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Purpose: We investigated the effects of a 4-month intervention targeting sedentary behavior on sedentary time and physical activity level, clinical parameters, cardiometabolic risk factors, inflammatory markers, and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis.

Methods: This was a 4-month, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03186924).

A single session of aerobic exercise reduces systolic blood pressure at rest and in response to stress in women with rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by increased risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension (HT). A single session of aerobic exercise may reduce blood pressure (BP) in different clinical groups; however, little is known about the acute effects of exercise on BP in RA patients. This is a randomized controlled crossover study that assessed the effects of a single session of aerobic exercise on resting BP, on BP responses to stressful stimuli, and on 24-h BP in women with RA and HT.

The utility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in athletes and physically active individuals with or without persistent symptoms after COVID-19.

Introduction: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) may capture potential impacts of COVID-19 during exercise. We described CPET data on athletes and physically active individuals with or without cardiorespiratory persistent symptoms.

Methods: Participants' assessment included medical history and physical examination, cardiac troponin T, resting electrocardiogram, spirometry and CPET.

Increased Prolonged Sitting in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Within-Subjects, Accelerometer-Based Study.

Background: Social distancing measures designed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic can restrict physical activity, a particular concern for high-risk patient groups. We assessed rheumatoid arthritis patients' physical activity and sedentary behavior level, pain, fatigue, and health-related quality of life prior to and during the social distancing measures implemented in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Methods: Post-menopausal females diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis were assessed before (from March 2018 to March 2020) and during (from 24 May to 7 July 2020) social distancing measures to contain COVID-19 pandemic, using a within-subjects, repeated-measure design.

Acute cardiometabolic effects of brief active breaks in sitting for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Exercise is a treatment in rheumatoid arthritis, but participation in moderate-to-vigorous exercise is challenging for some patients. Light-intensity breaks in sitting could be a promising alternative. We compared the acute effects of active breaks in sitting with those of moderate-to-vigorous exercise on cardiometabolic risk markers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Home-Based Exercise Training During COVID-19 Pandemic in Post-Bariatric Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Increased sympathetic and haemodynamic responses to exercise and muscle metaboreflex activation in post-menopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis.

Key Points: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients present exacerbated blood pressure responses to exercise, but little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms involved.  This study assessed autonomic and haemodynamic responses to exercise and to the isolated activation of muscle metaboreflex in post-menopausal women with RA.  Participants with RA showed augmented pressor and sympathetic responses to exercise and to the activation of muscle metaboreflex.

Exercise Enhances the Effect of Bariatric Surgery in Markers of Cardiac Autonomic Function.

Background: Bariatric surgery improves cardiovascular health, which might be partly ascribed to beneficial alterations in the autonomic nervous system. However, it is currently unknown whether benefits from surgery on cardiac autonomic regulation in post-bariatric patients can be further improved by adjuvant therapies, namely exercise. We investigated the effects of a 6-month exercise training program on cardiac autonomic responses in women undergoing bariatric surgery.

Influence of Adherence to Social Distancing Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity Level in Post-bariatric Patients.

We assessed physical activity using accelerometers and a questionnaire in 33 post-bariatric patients who reported to be adherent (n = 15) or not (n = 18) to social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients adherent to social distancing spent more time in sedentary behavior (1.1 h/day, 0.

Ultra-processed food consumption associates with higher cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis.

To investigate the association between food consumption stratified by processing level and cardiovascular risk factors in rheumatoid arthritis. In this cross-sectional study, 56 patients (age: 62.5 ± 7.

Acute effects of moderate-intensity and high-intensity exercise on hemodynamic and autonomic reactivity to the cold pressor test in young adults with excess body weight.

Objective: To investigate the effects of a single session of moderate-intensity and high-intensity interval exercise in cardiovascular reactivity to the cold pressor test in young adults with excess body weight.

Methods: Twenty-two subjects with excess body weight (23 ± 2 years; 30.0 ± 3.

Endometriosis III and IV as a risk factor for tubal obstruction in infertile women.

Objective: A previous study carried out among infertile women with tubal obstruction identified a relative risk of 2.5 for Chlamydia trachomatis seropositivity. However, endometriosis may also be associated with increased risk.

Glutamine dipeptide and cortisol change the liver glucose metabolism and reduce the severity of insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in untreated T1DM Swiss mice.

Context: Glutamine is conditionally essential in type 1 diabetes mellitus, and might be useful to counteract hypoglycaemia.

Objective: To investigate the systemic and hepatic effects of counter-regulatory hormones and glutamine dipeptide (GDP) during hypoglycemic episodes.

Materials And Methods: Diabetic Swiss mice made hypoglycaemic by insulin injection (1 U/kg) were given counter-regulatory hormones and/or GDP.