%0 Journal Article
%T Post-exercise changes in blood pressure, heart rate and rate pressure product at different exercise intensities in normotensive humans
%A Forjaz C.L.M.
%A Matsudaira Y.
%A Rodrigues F.B.
%A Nunes N.
%J Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
%D 1998
%I Associa??o Brasileira de Divulga??o Cient¨ªfica
%X To evaluate the effect of exercise intensity on post-exercise cardiovascular responses, 12 young normotensive subjects performed in a randomized order three cycle ergometer exercise bouts of 45 min at 30, 50 and 80% of VO2peak, and 12 subjects rested for 45 min in a non-exercise control trial. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were measured for 20 min prior to exercise (baseline) and at intervals of 5 to 30 (R5-30), 35 to 60 (R35-60) and 65 to 90 (R65-90) min after exercise. Systolic, mean, and diastolic BP after exercise were significantly lower than baseline, and there was no difference between the three exercise intensities. After exercise at 30% of VO2peak, HR was significantly decreased at R35-60 and R65-90. In contrast, after exercise at 50 and 80% of VO2peak, HR was significantly increased at R5-30 and R35-60, respectively. Exercise at 30% of VO2peak significantly decreased rate pressure (RP) product (RP = HR x systolic BP) during the entire recovery period (baseline = 7930 ¡À 314 vs R5-30 = 7150 ¡À 326, R35-60 = 6794 ¡À 349, and R65-90 = 6628 ¡À 311, P<0.05), while exercise at 50% of VO2peak caused no change, and exercise at 80% of VO2peak produced a significant increase at R5-30 (7468 ¡À 267 vs 9818 ¡À 366, P<0.05) and no change at R35-60 or R65-90. Cardiovascular responses were not altered during the control trial. In conclusion, varying exercise intensity from 30 to 80% of VO2peak in young normotensive humans did not influence the magnitude of post-exercise hypotension. However, in contrast to exercise at 50 and 80% of VO2peak, exercise at 30% of VO2peak decreased post-exercise HR and RP.
%K exercise intensity
%K blood pressure
%K heart rate
%K rate pressure product
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