Study of the effects of kinesthetic motor imagery in patients with heart failure

Authors :: Alba Barros Souza Fernandes
Marco Antonio Araujo-Leite
Victor Hugo Bastos
Lúcia Brandão de Oliveira
Karoline Mello de Assis
Nicolle dos Santos Moraes Nunes
Nélio Silva de Souza
Rosiane Fátima Silveira de Abreu
Julio Guilherme Silva
Ana Carolina Gomes Martins
Marco Antonio Orsini Neves
Source :: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Volume: 67, Issue: 5, Pages: 661-666, Published: 17 SEP 2021, Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Vol 67, Iss 5, Pp 661-666 (2021), Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira v.67 n.5 2021, Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB), instacron:AMB
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim was to investigate the acute effect of kinesthetic motor imagery of the 2-minute walk test on hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary variables in patients with heart failure. METHODS: Twenty participants were recruited for the analysis of these variables before and after the execution and imagination of the 2-minute walk test, with the number of laps executed and imagined being recorded. RESULTS: The main results observed showed that (1) there was no difference in the number of laps executed and imagined (p=0.41), indicating that the participants actually imagined the test and (2) the motor imagery of the 2-minute walk test immediately increased (p

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