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- Title
Temperature Control of Hypertensive Rats during Moderate Exercise in Warm Environment.
- Authors
Campos, Helton O.; Leite, Laura H. R.; Drummond, Lucas R.; Cunha, Daise N. Q.; Coimbra, Cândido C.; Natali, Antônio J.; Prímola-Gomes, Thales N.
- Abstract
The control of body temperature in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) subjected to exercise in warm environment was investigated. Male SHR and Wistar rats were submitted to moderate exercise in temperate (25°C) and warm (32°C) environments while body and tail skin temperatures, as well as oxygen consumption, were registered. Total time of exercise, workload performed, mechanical efficiency and heat storage were determined. SHR had increased heat production and body temperature at the end of exercise, reduced mechanical efficiency and increased heat storage (p < 0.05). Furthermore, these rats also showed a more intense and faster increase in body temperature during moderate exercise in the warm environment (p < 0.05). The lower mechanical efficiency seen in SHR was closely correlated with their higher body temperature at the point of fatigue in warm environment (p < 0.05). Our results indicate that SHR exhibit significant differences in body temperature control during moderate exercise in warm environment characterized by increased heat production and heat storage during moderate exercise in warm environment. The combination of these responses result in aggravated hyperthermia linked with lower mechanical efficiency.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ANALYSIS of variance; ANIMAL experimentation; BIOPHYSICS; MEDICAL thermometry; BODY temperature regulation; STATISTICAL correlation; EXERCISE; EXERCISE physiology; FEVER; HEAT; HYPERTENSION; MATHEMATICS; RESEARCH methodology; RATS; RESEARCH funding; RUNNING; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; TREADMILLS; SKIN temperature; REPEATED measures design; OXYGEN consumption; EXERCISE intensity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 3, p695
- ISSN
1303-2968
- Publication type
Article