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| Author(s): |
Luiz Gustavo Pinto
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Educação Física e Esportes (EEFE/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2009-10-16 |
| Examining board members: |
Cláudia Lúcia de Moraes Forjaz;
Angela Maggio da Fonseca;
Paulo Rizzo Ramires
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| Advisor: | Cláudia Lúcia de Moraes Forjaz |
| Abstract | |
INTRODUCTION: Acute insulin infusion, simulating a high carbohydrate lunch, increases sympathetic neural activity (SNA) and blood flow (BF), leading to an increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and not changing diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in postmenopausal women. Moreover, in this population, the execution of one exercise bout decrease SNA and increase BF, promoting a decrease in post-exercise blood pressure levels. However, the acute effects of this exercise on physiological responses to hiperinsulinemy were not studied in post-menopausal women, who may be using or not estrogen therapy (ET). OBJECTIVE: To analyze the acute effects of previous aerobic exercise on insulin sensitivity (IS) and the SBP, DBP, ANS, muscle BF and heart rate (HR) measured in baseline under conditions and in response to insulin infusion in postmenopausal histeroctomyzed women, who were receiving ET or not. METHODS: 13 women were randomized into 2 groups: 7 received ET (estradiol valerate, 1mg/dia) and 6 placebo. After 6 months, both groups performed 2 experimental sessions: exercise (cyclergometer, 45 min, 50%VO2peak) and rest (60 min seated). One hour after sessions, blood pressure (oscilometric), BF (pletsmography) and HR (ECG) were measured in the supine position for 10 min. After that, an euglicemic/hiperinsulinemic clamp was performed (120 min, 100 U/ml), and these variables were measured in steady-state period. RESULTS: IS was similar between groups in both sessions. Estrogen therapy did not affect blood pressure and heart rate responses to exercise and to hiperinsulinemia. Therefore, in rest session, in both groups, insulin infusion increased SBP (141±4 vs 147±6 mmHg), DBP (74±3 vs 79±3 mmHg), and HR (66±3 vs 70±3 beats/min). Previous exercise decreased blood pressure levels in baseline condition and during insulin infusion, and attenuated the increase in DBP during infusion. Moreover, previous exercise increased baselçine HR, and attenuated its increase during insulin infusion. BF increased with insulin infusion only in the group who received ET in the rest session (2.07±0.24 vs 3.16±0.38 ml.min-1.100ml-1), and in this group, previous exercise tended to increase baseline BF (2.07± 0.24 vs 2.83± 0.76 ml.min-1.100ml-1,P=0.06). CONCLUSION: In post-menopausal healthy women, one aerobic exercise bout decreased BP and increased HR, attenuating the increase in DBP and HR during insulin infusion. Moreover, in women that were receiving ET, one exercise bout tended to promote vasodilation, and improved the vasodilation induced by insulin. This responses ocurred even with no change in IS (AU) | |