Table 1 Endurance training-induced changes in cardiovascular and hemodynamic variables in elderly subjects
From: Optimal health and function among the elderly: lessening severity of ADL disability
Variable | Rest | Submax exercise | Maximal exercise |
|---|---|---|---|
Oxygen uptake | Unchanged | Unchanged | Increases |
Systolic blood pressure | Decreases | Decreases | Decreases |
Diastolic blood pressure | Decreases | Decreases | Decreases |
Stroke volume | Decreases | Increases | Increases |
Heart rate | Decreases | Decreases | Unchanged |
Cardiac output | Unchanged | Unchanged | Increases |
Contractility | Unchanged | Unchanged | Unchanged/Increases |
Total peripheral resistance | Unchanged | Unchanged | Decreases |
Arteriovenous O2 difference | Unchanged | Unchanged | Increases |
VO2 max | Unchanged | Unchanged | Increases |
Ventilation/oxygen uptake | Unchanged | Unchanged | Decreases |
Lactic acid | Unchanged | Decreases | Decreases |