Rehabilitation of patients with NCA (neurocirculatory asthenia) through a short term training program

Y. Shoenfeld, Y. Shapiro, Y. Drory, V. Glasevsky, E. Sohar, J. J. Kellerman

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Abstract

Twenty-two patients, 18 years old, with the predominant somatic type of NCA, and a control group of 22 healthy subjects participated in a short term training course lasting three weeks. Following the training the NCA subjects showed a significant change in the systolic and diastolic blood pressure after 5 minutes of recumbency as well as in the systolic blood pressure after 5 minutes of standing, diastolic pressures during 50 W load and submaximal effort (100 - 150 W) - all the values being significantly lower following the training, except the diastolic pressure during 50 W load which was higher following the course. The prominent training effect was on the heart rate during light work loads (50 W) in which a decrease from a mean of 151.2 ± 13.9 to 118.3 ± 16.3 beats/min was recorded. This decrease indicates the better adaptation of the NCA patients to physical effort. Similarly, a significant increase in the mean VO 2 max from 31.5 ± 6.1 to 37.7 ± 5.9 ml O 2/kg B.W./min was observed. No changes were recorded in the ECG after the short training course. Following the training all the symptoms typical of the NCA syndrome vanished. A short physical training of 3 weeks can start the procedure of rehabilitation of a well selected group of NCA patients with predominant somatic complaints. The rehabilitation must be continued throughout life by continued physical training.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalAmerican Journal of Physical Medicine
Volume57
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1978
Externally publishedYes

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