Exercise interventions making use of light aerobic activity, strength training, and stretching, have produced varied results in cohorts of RA patients.
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The exercise intervention consisted of encouraging the 141 participants in that group to increase aerobic physical activity by a minimum of one to two exercise units, defined as 30 minutes of light exercise, 20 minutes of moderate intensity, 10 minutes of vigorous intensity, or 5 minutes of very strenuous exercise per day, for 6 years.
Outcome measures: Tympanic temperature was measured at rest pre-immersion (T1), after 35 minutes of moderate-intensity aqua-aerobic exercise (T2), after a further 10 minutes of light exercise while still in the water (T3) and finally on departure from the facility (T4).
Participants were instructed to increase physical activity by one to two units per day, one unit equaling 30 minutes of light exercise, 20 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, 10 minutes of strenuous exercise, or 5 minutes of very strenuous exercise.
Exercise habits were divided into four groups (less than two times per week of light exercise [no sweat], two or more times per week of light exercise, one to two times per week of heavy exercise [sweat], and more than two times per week of heavy exercise).
The exercise program will consist of light muscle endurance (abdominal crunch, bird dog exercise, forward lunge, posterior pelvic tilt), mobility (hamstring stretch, lateral flexion of thoracic spine), and balance exercises (one-leg standing).
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It is for this reason that exercisers are commonly encouraged to include a "cool-down" period of light exercise following physical activity in an attempt to slow the decline in HR and stroke volume (SV), by maintaining a light cardiovascular demand and decreasing venous pooling.
