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The artery structure modifies with aging involving internal and external factors. The term "arterial stiffness" has been defined as a resistance to dilatation (diameter variation) caused by a force (contraction of the heart) exerted on an elastic body (arterial vascular wall). Vascular stiffness appears as atherosclerosis and its occurrence may be regarded as one of the major cardiovascular risk factors; arterial stiffness is characterized by the augmentation index (Aix), pulse wave velocity in the aorta (PWVao), central aortic systolic pressure from emerging (SBPao). Each of these parameters represents independent predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Currently, many methods are being used to measure arterial stiffness. TensioMed™ arteriography enables determining such indices of cardiovascular prognosis, a new non-invasive method oscillometric. Functional hemodynamic parameters listed above can thus be evaluated and followed over tie on the arteriograma of patients with major cardiovascular events (stroke, MI) hospitalized in clinical recovery units and subject to complex specific treatment, adapted to their pathology. Physical exercise favourably modulates several expressions of arterial stiffening, thus preserving vascular function and possibly reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Low dorsalgia associated with pregnancy is an important but often neglected pathology that may have a potentially negative impact on quality of life, with an estimated incidence rate of 60-70%. Dorsalgias that occurred during pregnancy and during the confinement have been known and recognized for centuries, being described by Hippocrates, Vesalius, Pinean and Hunter. In1962, Walde was the first to recognize and differentiate pelvic pain from lumbar pain. The prevalence of pregnancy associated with inferior dorsalgia is higher in the third trimester when postural changes and weight increase occur. Submaximal maternal exercise does not adversely affect fetal heart rate. No studies în pregnant women have shown that mild exercise would cause fetal impairment. The benefits of medical rehabilitation vary depending on the age of the pregnancy, the period of confinement, and the aim is to reduce pain, increase functionality and limit disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures in the elderly appear secondary to slow loss of axial bone mass, but also because of increased fall risk in this particular category of patients. Until now, extraskeletal prevention factors have not received special attention. Most prevention stategies of vertebral fractures have focused on increasing biomechanical resistance, especially by drug decrease of bone turnover, usually the first line therapy for these patients. These therapies are addressed to bone density loss more than for pain reduction or physical impairments. Considering muscle performance connected to bone quality, the fall risk and the outlook on this special category of patients, the particularities of functional rehabilitation adapted on elder patients will be evidenced. A complete program of re-education regarding intensity, frequency and duration of physical exercise for eldery patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures has not been established yet. Decreased muscle and functional performance, lack of coordination, and spinal cord damage (kyphosis, scoliosis), are almost physiological impairments in the eldery, but also the increase of postural balance, slow walking velocity have been identified as fall risk factors. Vertebral osteoporotic fractures may be prevented or treated using complex multidisciplinary programs, including patient re-education and individual traning programs, adapted to every patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]