[Indices of the sympathetic-adrenal and hypophyseal-adrenocortical system reactions in myocardial infarct patients during physical rehabilitation].

Changes in the content of hormones of the cortical and medullary layers of the adrenals in 40 patients with myocardial infarction were studied during physical rehabilitation. Increased activity of the sympathetico-adrenal and hypophyseal-adrenocortical systems after therapeutical gymnastics was revealed. The greatest shifts in all indices were noted in the first and fourth movement regimens. Changes in the blood hormone content were most obvious. The importance of studying hormones during rehabilitation of patients by means of exercise therapy is discussed. Fluorometry was employed in tests for adrenal hormones in blood and urine and for determining their concentration.