Cardiovascular Autonomic Disorders and Rehabilitation
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2108
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cardiovascular autonomic disorders; baroreflex; cardiovascular rehabilitation; physical therapy; exercise
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Interests: cardiovascular autonomic control; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; heart rate variability; rehabilitation; exercise
2. Internal Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center- IRCCS, 20089 Rozzano, MI, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular autonomic nervous system; shift work; sleep disorders; syncope and orthostatic intolerance syndromes; occupational and environmental health; heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory activity variability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular autonomic disorders comprise a wide range of diseases resulting in mild to extreme debilitating conditions such as orthostatic intolerance, orthostatic hypotension, syncope and falls, sleep disorders, and difficulties in adapting to different environmental stimuli. These conditions may strongly compromise the quality of life and work ability of patients. Common diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, and hypertension may present alterations in cardiovascular autonomic functioning. Other rarer syndromes such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and pure autonomic failure (PAF) are characterized by a prevalent alteration in cardiovascular autonomic control of both a central and/or peripheral origin. In addition, physical deconditioning following long-time bed confinement is often characterized by an alteration in cardiovascular autonomic functioning leading to orthostatic intolerance with an increased risk of falls and syncope. Finally, it has been widely described that long-lasting alteration in the autonomic nervous system may follow acute infective diseases, including the recent COVID-19 (post-COVID-19 autonomic syndrome).
The possibility to recognize the alterations in cardiovascular autonomic functioning early, as a consequence of acute and chronic diseases or as a primary alteration, may allow specific rehabilitation strategies to improve the functional capacity, quality of life, and work ability of patients.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on rehabilitation strategies aimed at improving cardiovascular autonomic functioning in working-age and elderly patients. Original studies, randomized controlled trials, reviews, and case reports are welcome for submission to this Special Issue. Other manuscript types may include randomized controlled trial protocols, methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and commentaries. Basic and clinical research from different disciplines including medicine, physiotherapy, exercise science, exercise and work physiology, physiology, occupational health will also be accepted.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Roberto Zamuner
Prof. Dr. Ana Cristina Silva Rebelo
Dr. Franca Barbic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cardiovascular autonomic control
- heart-rate variability
- baroreflex
- exercise
- rehabilitation
- physiotherapy
- work ability
