Exercise is known to relieve symptoms of depression. But whether the depression changed the way the body responds to exercise?
A new study shows that clinical depression may inhibit the body's ability to recover from physical activity, extending the amount of time it takes for a depressed person to slow the heart rate and return to normal after exercise. Although it sounds small, some research shows difference beats even just a few minutes for the restoration of the post-exercise associated with shorter life expectancy.
Scientists say the findings could help light the famous link between depression and heart disease. Studies show that depressed people have died of heart failure patients without depression.
A new study published in the November issue of the journal Psychophysiology, including 886 people-healthy adults, including 51 with a diagnosis of depression. All subjects are given stress test on a treadmill, and blood pressure and heart rate is measured either rested during practice tests, as well as the time interval of one minute and five minutes later.