Felipe Castro Ferreira , Michelle Cristina Salabert Vaz Padilha , Pedro Paulo da Silva Soares , Marco Antônio Araujo-Leite , Gabriel Dias Rodrigues
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Abstract
In this pilot study, eight patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and eight age-matched healthy controls completed a 5-week home-based inspiratory muscle training (IMT) program. Maximal inspiratory pressure and heart rate variability during sitting (SIT) and orthostatic stress were assessed before and after IMT. Both groups exhibited better maximal inspiratory pressure and vagal modulation of the heart in the SIT position post-IMT. However, only patients with PD showed enhanced cardiac autonomic modulation during orthostatic stress. These findings suggest that IMT may improve the cardiac autonomic response to orthostatic stress in patients with PD, warranting further investigation.
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This is an international journal with broad coverage of all aspects of the autonomic nervous system in man and animals. The main areas of interest include the innervation of blood vessels and viscera, autonomic ganglia, efferent and afferent autonomic pathways, and autonomic nuclei and pathways in the central nervous system.
The Editors will consider papers that deal with any aspect of the autonomic nervous system, including structure, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, development, evolution, ageing, behavioural aspects, integrative role and influence on emotional and physical states of the body. Interdisciplinary studies will be encouraged. Studies dealing with human pathology will be also welcome.