Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and its impact on vascular function

Recent studies of intervention in sedentary subjects, or those with neurological lesions, suggest that increased motor activity (exercise/physical activity), performed at moderate intensities and habitually, could have beneficial effects on the vascular function. However, the physiological effects o...

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Published inColombia médica (Cali, Colombia) Vol. 42; no. 3
Main Authors ESCOBAR-HURTADO, CELIA, RAMÍREZ-VÉLEZ, ROBINSON
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad del Valle - Facultad de Salud 03.10.2012
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ISSN0120-8322

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Summary:Recent studies of intervention in sedentary subjects, or those with neurological lesions, suggest that increased motor activity (exercise/physical activity), performed at moderate intensities and habitually, could have beneficial effects on the vascular function. However, the physiological effects of interventions conducted with facilitating techniques of the motor activity, such as Kabat's proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques (PNF) on vascular function are unknown, even though such physiological effects are proposed in said postulates. This report presents the usefulness of PNF on vascular function in three healthy volunteers. The patterns of Kabat's PNF increase, just like the models or contractile isotonic activity proposed in this test, the tension of vascular friction, which relates to better vascular function. Estudios recientes de intervención en sujetos sedentarios o con lesiones neurológicas, sugieren que un aumento de la actividad motora (ejercicio/actividad física) realizado a intensidades moderadas y de manera habitual, podría tener efectos benéficos en la función vascular. Sin embargo, se desconocen los efectos fisiológicos de intervenciones realizadas con técnicas facilitadoras de la actividad motora, como las técnicas de facilitación neuromuscular propioceptiva (FNP) de Kabat, sobre la función vascular, aun cuando se proponen dentro de sus postulados tales efectos fisiológicos. Este informe, describe la utilidad de la FNP sobre la función vascular, en tres voluntarios saludables. Los patrones de FNP de Kabat, al igual que los modelos de actividad contráctil isotónica propuestos en esta prueba, incrementan la tensión de roce vascular, la cual se relaciona con una mejor función y distensibilidad vascular.
ISSN:0120-8322