Interval hypoxic training improves autonomic cardiovascular and respiratory control in patients with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Interval hypoxic training improves autonomic cardiovascular and respiratory control in patients with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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DOI:
10.1097/hjh.0b013e32832c0018
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发表时间:
2009-08-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Bernardi, Luciano
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作者:
Haider, Thomas;Casucci, Gaia;Bernardi, Luciano
Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with cardiac autonomic nervous system dysregulation. This study evaluates the effects of interval hypoxic training on cardiovascular and respiratory control in patients with mild COPD.Methods In 18 eucapnic normoxic mild COPD patients (age 51.7 +/- 2.4 years, mean +/- SEM), randomly assigned to either training or placebo group, and 14 age-matched healthy controls (47.7 +/- 2.8 years), we monitored end-tidal carbon dioxide, airway flow, arterial oxygen saturation, electrocardiogram, and continuous noninvasive blood pressure at rest, during progressive hypercapnic hyperoxia and isocapnic hypoxia to compare baroreflex sensitivity to hypoxia and hypercapnia before and after 3 weeks of hypoxic training. In double-blind fashion, both groups received 15 sessions of passive intermittent hypoxia (training group) or normoxia (placebo group). For the hypoxia group, each session consisted of three to five hypoxic (15-12% oxygen) periods (3-5 min) with 3-min normoxic intervals. The placebo group inhaled normoxic air.Results Before training, COPD patients showed depressed baroreflex sensitivity, as compared with healthy individuals, without evident chemoreflex abnormalities. After training, in contrast to placebo group, the training group showed increased (P