[Sports and cardiorespiratory function].
Regular physical training is generally considered to help prevent numerous diseases. These beneficial effects of aerobic exercise are particularly well established with regard to cardiovascular and respiratory functions. However, exhaustive exercise is clearly a risk in some athletes who have not undergone a correct and complete assessment of cardiovascular and respiratory functions. Exercise training is a crucial tool in integrative rehabilitation programs for patients with chronic heart failure and respiratory diseases.
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André
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Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, Physiologie respiratoire et de l'Exercice, CHU de Poitiers, Laboratoire des Adaptations Physiologiques aux Activités Physiques, Université de Poitiers, 86000 Poitiers.
D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*