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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology"”.
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The meaning of health and the experience of coronary heart disease in Italian-speaking cardiac patients: implications for cardiac rehabilitation programs
… that good health can have a variety of meanings and that thèse meanings can influence health behaviour. Health and illness are subjective expériences which are determined by the interrelations of individual, social and cultural factors. The influence of thèse factors on the expérience of CHD have …
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Menopause and cardiovascular, metabolic and bone parameters
… of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes and osteoporosis. The work described in this thesis investigates the effects of exercise, hormonal therapy (HT) and rosiglitazone on cardiovascular risk variables, glucose and insulin levels and bone turnover markers. It was hypothesised that these …
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Skeletal muscle structure and metabolism in chronic heart failure
… tolerance. In study I, exercise tolerance and skeletal muscle metabolism and morphology were examined in 17 CHF patients and eight healthy similarly aged sedentary control subjects. In Study II, thirteen CHF patients participated in a study on the effects of resistance training on exercise …
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Effects of acute and chronic exercise on forearm blood flow in patients with chronic heart failure
… to reduced peripheral blood flow, deconditioning and skeletal muscle atrophy. Initially, a study of the biological and technical reliability of the techniques used in the latter chapters was conducted. Reliability of these techniques has not previously been documented in a population of CHF …
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Alkalosis and digoxin effects on plasma potassium, ionic homeostasis and exercise performance in healthy humans
… to impaired muscle cell membrane excitability and fatigue. The magnitude of K+ changes are dependent on the size of contracting muscle mass, duration and intensity of exercise, and health and fitness status of participants. Activation of the sarcolemmal and t-tubular bound sodium-potassium …