Effect of Single Session of Swedish Massage on Circulating Levels of Interleukin-6 and Insulin-like Growth Factor 1.

Massage therapy increases muscle blood flow and heat, relieving pain, improving immune function, and increasing vagal activity. The mechanisms are unclear. Muscles release cytokines and other peptides called myokines.

Reproducibility of autonomic cardiovascular function and hemodynamics at rest and during recovery from exercise.

Smartwatches and home-based blood pressure (BP) devices have permitted easy use of heart rate variability (HRV) and BP to identify the recovery status of users after acute exercise training. The reproducibility of HRV and BP after exercise in healthy young participants is not well known. Eighteen participants (age 27 ± 6 years, female n = 8) performed test and retest aerobic exercises (cycling, 30 min, 60% of peak workload, W) and a control session in randomized order.

Reproducibility and sex differences in muscle oxygenation during brachial artery occlusion in healthy participants.

Significance: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurement is a widely used technique to measure muscle oxygenation. A knowledge of the reproducibility of NIRS measurements is essential for the correct interpretation of data.

Aim: Our aim was to test the reproducibility and sex differences of NIRS measurements during brachial artery occlusion in healthy participants.

Baroreflex sensitivity following acute upper-body exercise in the cold among stable coronary artery disease patients.

A cold environment and exercise separately affect the autonomic nervous system (ANS), baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), and blood pressure variability (BPV) but their combined effects on post-exercise recovery are not known. Our cross-over trial examined these responses following upper-body static and dynamic exercise performed in a cold and neutral environment in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). 20 patients with stable coronary artery disease performed both graded static (10%-30% of maximal voluntary contraction) and dynamic (light, moderate and high perceived intensity) upper-body exercise at -15°C and +22°C for 30 min.

Clinical-Grade Patches as a Medium for Enrichment of Sweat-Extracellular Vesicles and Facilitating Their Metabolic Analysis.

Cell-secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs), carrying components such as RNA, DNA, proteins, and metabolites, serve as candidates for developing non-invasive solutions for monitoring health and disease, owing to their capacity to cross various biological barriers and to become integrated into human sweat. However, the evidence for sweat-associated EVs providing clinically relevant information to use in disease diagnostics has not been reported. Developing cost-effective, easy, and reliable methodologies to investigate EVs' molecular load and composition in the sweat may help to validate their relevance in clinical diagnosis.

Cardiovascular responses to dynamic and static upper-body exercise in a cold environment in coronary artery disease patients.

Purpose: Upper-body exercise performed in a cold environment may increase cardiovascular strain, which could be detrimental to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This study compared cardiovascular responses of CAD patients during graded upper-body dynamic and static exercise in cold and neutral environments.

Methods: 20 patients with stable CAD performed 30 min of progressive dynamic (light, moderate, and heavy rating of perceived exertion) and static (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30% of maximal voluntary contraction) upper body exercise in cold (- 15 °C) and neutral (+ 22 °C) environments.

The effects of submaximal exercise and cold exposure on blood coagulation parameters in coronary artery disease patients.

Background: Both exercise and cold exposure increase blood coagulation potential but their combined effects are not known. The purpose of the present study was to assess blood coagulation factors in response to submaximal exercise in the cold environment among patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: Sixteen men (61.

Central aortic hemodynamics following acute lower and upper-body exercise in a cold environment among patients with coronary artery disease.

Exercise is beneficial to cardiovascular health, evidenced by reduced post-exercise central aortic blood pressure (BP) and wave reflection. We assessed if post-exercise central hemodynamics are modified due to an altered thermal state related to exercise in the cold in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD patients (n = 11) performed moderate-intensity lower-body exercise (walking at 65-70% of HR) and rested in neutral (+ 22 °C) and cold (- 15 °C) conditions.

Endothelial function in response to exercise in the cold in patients with coronary artery disease.

Background: Regular long-term physical exercise has favourable effects on endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the effects of an acute exercise bout in the cold on endothelial function are not known.

Methods: At first, the effects of moderate-intensity aerobic lower-body exercise were assessed in CAD patients (n = 16) in a neutral [+22°C] and cold [-15°C] environment.

Head Movements and Neck Muscle Activity During Air Combat Maneuvering.

The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of cervical muscle activity in different head movements when using helmet mounted display in air combat maneuvering. Cervical EMG was measured with eight F/A-18 pilots using the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) during air combat maneuvering. In-flight G acceleration and continuous head position were recorded.

Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System and Neck Muscle Activity During Air Combat Maneuvering.

The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of cervical muscle activity in different head postures when using helmet-mounted display in one fighter vs. two aircraft air combat within visual range (WVR). Cervical EMG was measured with eight F/A-18 pilots using the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) during air combat maneuvering.

Good safety practice in a randomized controlled trial (CadColdEx) involving increased cardiac workload in patients with coronary artery disease.

Background: Methodological information acknowledging safety of cardiac patients in controlled medical experiments are lacking. The descriptive report presents one good practice for considering safety in a randomized controlled study involving augmented cardiovascular strain among persons with coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: The patients were pre-selected by a cardiologist according to strictly defined selection criteria.

Cardiovascular responses to cold and submaximal exercise in patients with coronary artery disease.

Regular year-round exercise is recommended for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the combined effects of cold and moderate sustained exercise, both known to increase cardiac workload, on cardiovascular responses are not known. We tested the hypothesis that cardiac workload is increased, and evidence of ischemia would be observed during exercise in the cold in patients with CAD.