Determination of the ability of high-frequency ECG to estimate left ventricular mass in humans, determined by magnetic resonance imaging.

abstract：:The purpose of this state-of-the-art review was to examine the effects of exercise training on arterial stiffness (AS) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). A PubMed and SCOPUS literature search was conducted up to March of 2013. Two authors performed the selection of the studies and the subsequent data extr...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Oliveira NL,Ribeiro F,Alves AJ,Campos L,Oliveira J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The assessment of temporal changes in systolic and diastolic regional left ventricle function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) after successful reperfusion therapy of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:A total of 97 consecutive patients admitted with AMI and treated with succe...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Wdowiak-Okrojek K,Wejner-Mik P,Kasprzak JD,Lipiec P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of repeated cycling sprints on power profiles while assessing upper body muscle contraction. Eighteen physically active participants performed 8 × 10 s repeated sprints while muscle activity was recorded via surface electromyography (sEMG) from the brachioradialis (B...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Grant MC,Watson H,Baker JS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grey scale median (GSM) measured on ultrasound images of carotid plaques has been used for several years now in research to find the vulnerable plaque. Centres have used different software and also different methods for GSM measurement. This has resulted in a wide range of GSM values and cut-off values for the detecti...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Östling G,Persson M,Hedblad B,Gonçalves I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemodialysis (HD) patients are characterized by muscle wasting and consequently decreased physical functioning and poor outcome. This pilot study investigated if a novel intradialytic exercise programme could increase lean mass via up-regulation of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system. Nine HD patients were as...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Macdonald JH,Marcora SM,Jibani M,Phanish MK,Holly J,Lemmey AB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown training induced morphological changes in the heart. Our aim was to assess how frequent, low-intensity exercise (walking and cycling) influences heart function and morphology in abdominally obese women. Fifty women with abdominal obesity (mean age 47.0 +/- 7.5 years, waist circumference (WC)...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Eriksson M,Uddén J,Hemmingsson E,Agewall S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by inflammation of the lung in association with airflow obstruction. There is increasing evidence of upper airway involvement in COPD and we have reported that this nasal inflammation is proportional to that in the lung. Given recognized relations...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Hurst JR,Kuchai R,Michael P,Perera WR,Wilkinson TM,Wedzicha JA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) is associated with diverse physiological responses and adaptations to exercise. The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) 2 has vasodilatory effects, which might be associated with the blood pressure (BP) responses to acute exercise. The aim of this study was to investigat...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Goessler KF,Polito MD,Mota GF,de Oliveira EM,Cornelissen VA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow (BF) in exercising muscles is an important factor for exercise capacity. Recently, a non-invasive method to estimate capillary BF (Qcap ) was introduced. Using this method, the Fick principle is re-arranged by using relative differences in deoxygenated haemoglobin (ΔHHb) as a surrogate for arteriovenous O2 ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Stöcker F,Von Oldershausen C,Paternoster FK,Schulz T,Oberhoffer R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a steadily growing epidemic affecting all segments of the population including college-aged students. The weight gain that is evidenced amid the transitional stage of college years increases the risks associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The BodyMetrix® BX-2000 (ULTRA) using a seven-site m...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Baranauskas MN,Johnson KE,Juvancic-Heltzel JA,Kappler RM,Richardson L,Jamieson S,Otterstetter R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) have symptoms of angina without evidence of occlusive coronary artery disease. For the first time, this study addresses the influence of progressively increasing pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) on left anterior descending artery flow in a rat model of PH. The ro...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Koskenvuo JW,Mirsky R,Zhang Y,Helenius H,Angeli FS,De Marco T,Boyle AJ,Yeghiazarians Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short axis (SA) images obtained from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are used to advantage in the calculation of important clinical parameters such as the ejection fraction and stroke volume (SV). A prerequisite for these calculations is the separation of the left ventricle and the left atrium. When only using the ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Thunberg P,Emilsson K,Rask P,Kähäri A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-shift time curves following a bolus injection of gadolinium contrast agent were registered for grey-matter regions and large vessels in 14 subjects. Deconvolving a tissue phase-shift curve with a phase-based arterial input function resulted in a tissue residue function R(t). The peak value of R(t) provided a rel...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Wirestam R,Lindgren E,van Westen D,Bloch KM,Ståhlberg F,Knutsson L

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported the non-homogenous loss of muscle mass (site-specific muscle loss) with ageing, but this relationship to the loss of strength is not totally understood. PURPOSE:To investigate the relationship between maximal dynamic strength and site-specific muscle mass of the thigh and uppe...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Thiebaud RS,Loenneke JP,Abe T,Fahs CA,Rossow LM,Kim D,Beck TW,Bemben DA,Larson RD,Bemben MG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Obstructive sleep apnoeas generate an intense afferent traffic leading to arousal and apnoea termination. Yet a decrease in the sensitivity of the afferents has been described in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, and could be a determinant of disease severity. How mechanical changes within the respiratory sys...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Donzel-Raynaud C,Redolfi S,Arnulf I,Similowski T,Straus C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether a single 60-min bout of whole leg, peristaltic pulse external pneumatic compression (EPC) altered select growth factor-related mRNAs and/or various phospho(p)-proteins related to cell growth, proliferation, inflammation and apoptosis signalling (e.g. Akt-mTOR, Jak-Stat). Ten participants (8 mal...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Martin JS,Kephart WC,Mobley CB,Wilson TJ,Goodlett MD,Roberts MD

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a growing health challenge globally, and despite our knowledge of the disease has increased over the last couple of decades, many unanswered questions remain. As molecular imaging can be used to visualize, characterize and measure biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in living s...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Hag AM,Ripa RS,Pedersen SF,Bodholdt RP,Kjaer A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing inspiratory muscle deoxygenation and blood flow can provide insight into anaerobic stress, recruitment strategies and mechanisms of inspiratory muscle limitation. Therefore, this review aimed to synthesize measurements of inspiratory muscle oxyhaemoglobin (O2 Hb), deoxyhaemoglobin (HHb), blood volume and flo...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Tanaka T,Basoudan N,Melo LT,Wickerson L,Brochard LJ,Goligher EC,Reid WD

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between muscle oxygen uptake (VO(2)) and perfusion or perfusion heterogeneity (relative dispersion, RD) was studied in eight healthy male subjects during intermittent isometric (1 s on, 2 s off) one-legged knee-extension exercise at variable intensities using positron emission tomography and a-v blood ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Laaksonen MS,Björklund G,Heinonen I,Kemppainen J,Knuuti J,Kyröläinen H,Kalliokoski KK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) systems can either measure or predict lung volume (LV) in their test trials. The repeatability of the predicted and the measured value is an important factor in the accuracy of the final test result. OBJECTIVE:Compare the variability and accuracy of ADP tests using pre...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Otterstetter R,Johnson KE,Kiger DL,Agnor SE,Kappler RM,Reinking M,Tessmer K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Literature does not agree with the usefulness of exercise blood pressure (BP) in predicting hypertension or target organ damage. In this prospective 10 years of follow-up, we evaluated if exaggerated BP responses to tests may improve the prediction of left ventricular mass index (LVMI). At baseline, BP was recorded by...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Jokiniitty J,Majahalme S,Kähönen M,Tuomisto MT,Turjanmaa V

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies using arterial spin labelling (ASL) have shown that individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have decreased regional cerebral blood flow, which may be associated with changes in functional neural networks. Indeed, recent studies indicate disruptions in functional connectivity (FC) at rest in chronically...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Boissoneault J,Letzen J,Lai S,Robinson ME,Staud R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To validate ironload T2* by automatic inline Maximum Likelihood Estimate (MLE) with k-space Rician noise correction, against the manual and automated truncation, as well as offset methods, in phantoms and in heart and liver in patients. METHODS:Twenty-five patients and an iron-oxide phantom were scanned at 1.5...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Hedström E,Voigt T,Greil G,Schaeffter T,Nagel E

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suspicion of chronic rejection [bronchiolithis obliterans syndrome (BOS)] is usually based on deteriorating forced expired volume in 1 s. It is however, desirable to develop more sensitive methods as increased anti-inflammatory therapy is thought to stop progression of the rejection. The aim of the present study w...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Johansson A,Moonen M,Enocson A,Mårtensson G,Bake B

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This retrospective study aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of exercise-induced ST response in relation to findings by myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (MPS), with focus on gender differences, in patients with suspected or established stable ischemic heart disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Akil S,Hedén B,Pahlm O,Carlsson M,Arheden H,Engblom H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children, exercise-induced dyspnea is a common symptom that can be due to dysfunctional breathing. EVH test has bee used especially in elite athletes as bronchoprovocation test. Currently, there are only few studies on the EVH test. New research methods are required alongside the traditionally used tests ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Burman J,Lukkarinen H,Elenius V,Remes S,Kuusela T,Jartti T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the hemodynamic response during resistance exercise at high intensity (HI), low intensity (LI) and low intensity with blood flow restriction (LI-BFR) in healthy subjects. METHODS:Twelve men performed three sets of unilateral knee extension exercises at LI-BFR and LI (15 repetitions; 20% of 1RM) and ...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Poton R,Polito MD

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate the functionality of an adapted inspiratory muscle training device designed to allow pressures higher than 41 cmH(2)O that can be precisely controlled. The adaptation was made in a commercially available Threshold IMT device, and the opening pressures and linearity of load were evaluated in...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Fregonezi GA,Azevedo IG,Araujo TL,Dias FA,Resqueti VR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose was to investigate the acute effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) on arterial and venous hemodynamic parameters. Nine participants completed a 10-min time control (resting condition) and then a lower body BFR protocol. The protocol was five, 5-min bouts of restrictive cuff inflation with 3-min of deflat...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Loenneke JP,Fahs CA,Thiebaud RS,Rossow LM,Abe T,Ye X,Kim D,Bemben MG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with nemaline myopathy, a muscle disorder primarily affecting the thin filaments, suffer from weakness which is poorly understood. As disturbed excitation-contraction coupling has been suggested as a possible mechanism, the present study was designed to investigate whether the contractile properties of the kn...

journal_title：Clinical physiology and functional imaging

authors： Gerrits K,Pauw-Gommans I,van Engelen B,de Haan A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00