Cardiovascular and autonomic effects of water ingestion during postexercise circulatory occlusionGoncalo V Mendonca
Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Estrada da Costa, Lisbon, Portugal
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 37:1153-63. 2012
..Nevertheless, we found that water ingestion may influence the mechanisms by which the muscle metaboreflex elicits an increased cardiac output during PECO...
- Heart rate recovery and variability following combined aerobic and resistance exercise training in adults with and without Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance, CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Res Dev Disabil 34:353-61. 2013
..Therefore, 12 weeks of exercise training enhanced the heart rate recovery in adults with DS, but not in those without DS. Contrasting, the intervention elicited similar gains between groups for cardiovagal modulation...
- Cardiovascular responses to water ingestion at rest and during isometric handgrip exercise
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, 1495 688, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, Lisbon, Portugal
Eur J Appl Physiol 112:2495-501. 2012
..Interestingly, this is not sustained after controlling for the enhanced vagal drive caused by water ingestion. Therefore, the mechanisms underlying this response most likely depend on reflex bradycardia of vagal origin...
- Effects of cigarette smoking on cardiac autonomic function during dynamic exercise
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
J Sports Sci 29:879-86. 2011
..Therefore, the cardiac autonomic control is altered by smoking not only at rest, but also during exercise, resulting in reduced vagal modulation and increased sympathetic dominance...
- Fractal scaling properties of heart rate dynamics in persons with Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Auton Neurosci 161:110-5. 2011
..0. In conclusion, adults with DS show a breakdown of scale-invariant organization in heart rate dynamics towards Brownian noise and this is similar to that described in healthy aging...
- Cardiac autonomic function during submaximal treadmill exercise in adults with Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Res Dev Disabil 32:532-9. 2011
..This indicates that DS may be associated with poor cardiac responsiveness to changes in autonomic modulation during exercise at intensities below the ventilatory threshold...
- Effects of combined aerobic and resistance exercise training in adults with and without Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:37-45. 2011
..To determine whether adults with Down syndrome (DS) could improve their submaximal and peak exercise capacity, as for adults without disabilities, after 12 weeks of combined (aerobic and resistance) exercise training...
- Sex differences in linear and nonlinear heart rate variability during early recovery from supramaximal exercise
Goncalo V Mendonca
Department of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon 1495 688, Portugal
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 35:439-46. 2010
..Additionally, DFA did not provide additional information about sexual dimorphisms, compared with conventional spectral HRV techniques...
- Oxygen uptake kinetics during exercise in adults with Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance CIPER, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1495 688 Lisbon, Portugal
Eur J Appl Physiol 110:575-83. 2010
..Therefore, the submaximal exercise performance of these individuals is not affected by slowed VO(2) kinetics...
- Heart rate recovery after exercise in adults with the Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Am J Cardiol 105:1470-3. 2010
..Additionally, despite showing attenuated HRR from peak exercise, adults with the DS did not present increased cardiovascular risk by general diagnostic criteria (HRR >12 and 22 beats/min, respectively)...
- Walking economy of adults with Down syndrome
G V Mendonca
Human Kinetics Faculty, Human Kinetics, Lisboa, Portugal
Int J Sports Med 31:10-5. 2010
..In conclusion, lower WE in individuals with DS is mainly related to their inability to adapt efficiently to positive variations in walking speed...
- Spectral methods of heart rate variability analysis during dynamic exercise
Goncalo Vilhena Mendonca
Human Kinetics Department, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Clin Auton Res 19:237-45. 2009
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- Walking economy in male adults with Down syndrome
Goncalo V Mendonca
Human Kinetics Department, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Eur J Appl Physiol 105:153-7. 2009
..Therefore, despite similar walking economy, participants with DS have lower cardiorespiratory function than controls for a given steady-state treadmill speed...
Reduced exercise capacity in persons with Down syndrome: cause, effect, and managementGoncalo V Mendonca
Center of Human Performance CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Ther Clin Risk Manag 6:601-10. 2010
..This review is limited to the acute and chronic responses to submaximal and peak exercise intensities because data on supramaximal exercise capacity of persons with DS have been shown to be unreliable...
Influence of long-term exercise training on submaximal and peak aerobic capacity and locomotor economy in adult males with Down's syndromeGoncalo Vilhena Mendonca
Human Kinetics University, Lisbon Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal
Med Sci Monit 15:CR33-39. 2009
..Thus the purpose of the present study was to determine whether DS males could improve their submaximal and peak aerobic capacity and LE after a 28-week training program...
