Aerobic Capacity Improvement for Cardiovascular Disease Patients

SCI 100 Module Three Activity Template: Finalizing Your Scientific Research Question
Instructions
Select one research question from those you wrote in the previous module. Use instructor feedback and what you have learned thus far in the course to revise your research question. Then, write your finalized research question below.
Finalize your scientific research question related to the main idea of your chosen news story.
* In cardiovascular disease patients, how much does the maximum aerobic capacity improve after training via a pure aerobic exercise versus aerobic plus muscle strengthening exercise in six weeks?
Explain how your beliefs, assumptions, and values may have impacted your research question.
* Based on PLOS (2021), cardiovascular disease patients get significant benefits from moderate to vigorous exercise similar to healthy individuals. However, the benefits plateau for healthy individuals while these are continuous for a lifetime for cardiovascular patients. These results are based on the prospective cohort study conducted by Thijs Eijsvogels at the Radboud University Medical Center. The results revealed that individuals who perform the regular exercise with a specific threshold are less likely to die or suffer from cardiovascular complications. Moreover, the type, intensity, frequency, and exercise duration should not be limited by a specific guideline (PLOS, 2021).
Nystoriak & Bhatnagar (2018) supported these findings, stating the specific physiologic responses of the body with regular physical activity. This results in a significant decrease in the baseline blood pressure, reduction in the plasma lipoproteins, and increased insulin sensitivity, which decreases the risk of other comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus. Moreover, regular physical activity contributes to reducing overall mortality from cardiovascular diseases by increasing the availability of nitric oxide, which has a vasodilatory effect on the blood vessels, and inhibition of atherogenesis. Both of these are important in preventing the blockage within the blood vessels, which leads to ischemia and, ultimately, cardiac death. Specifically, the researchers have discovered that endurance training significantly decreases lipoprotein levels, including triacylglycerol, and increases high-density lipoprotein (HDL), good lipid. Hence, this lowers the risk of incurring coronary artery disease (CAD). Additionally, the study showed ...