Allostasis, Homeostasis, and Fluidomechanic Effect of Exercise
in Maintaining Health Condition
Damayanti Tinduh
Division of Sport Injury Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Univeristy of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
daniellarosita@yahoo.com
Keywords: Health Related Physical Fitness, Homeostasis, Allostatic State, Exercise, Fluidomechanic
Abstract: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 68-75% of deaths. Leading risk factors
for premature death include physically inactivity, obesity, hypertension and smoking. Health related
physical fitness (Hr-Pf) is the way to prevent these comorbidities, consist of cardiorespiratory endurance,
body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility. The principle of maintaining Hr-
Pf are maintaining homeostasis state, stabilizing the body system during changes, strengthening body
system to bear the allostatic load and achieving the better homeostasis state. This article will discuss about
how the body response to the changes of homestasis, allostatic state and allostatic load during life and the
role of fluidomechanic adaptation during exercise affects the allostatic state in cellular to tissue level.
1 INTRODUCTION
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as
diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic
respiratory diseases, and mental disorders are
responsible for more than 68% of deaths worldwide
and 75% of deaths in low- and middle-income
countries. Leading risk factors for premature death
include physical inactivity, obesity, hypertension,
and smoking. Physical fitness from exercise can
prevent the reduced cardiorespiratory fitness, which
represents a global public health problem, that in
turn leads to morbidity, disability and mortality of
some diseases. Health-related physical fitness (Hr-Pf)
components consists of cardiorespi-ratory endurance,
body composition, muscular strength, muscular
endurance and joint flexibility.
The principle of maintaining Hr-Pf are
maintaining homeostasis state, stabilizing the body
system during changes, strengthening body system
to bear the allostatic load and achieving the better
homeostasis state. Homeostasis is an ability of the
body to seek and maintain a condition of equilibrium
or stability within its internal environment when
dealing with external changes, a dynamic process
continuously. This process clamps each internal
parameter at a “set point” by sensing errors and
correcting them with negative feedback (Berntson
and Cacioppo, 2007).
2 DISCUSSION
2.1 Homeostasis: Adjustment to
Failure.
Homeostasis refers to the processes by which the
constancy of the fluid matrix is maintained. During
maintaining the equilibrium, there are conditions
ranged from adjustments (health state) to failures
(illness/injured state), which can occur progressively
(Figure 1). Homeostasis processes may continue to
operate at the basic regulatory level, being sensitive
to internal physiological stimuli that signal
deviations from a regulated set point. Exogenous
stimuli may reset regulatory levels, either directly or
via a humoral route, to facilitate resistance or
adaptation to the exogenous stressor. Such
readjustments of set-point deviate from homeostatic
or hemodynamic processes, as they represent active
alterations of the regulatory level, named
Heterostasis. Heterostatic regulation could be
affected by the changes of hormones and the
Tinduh, D.
Allostasis, Homeostasis, and Fluidomechanic Effect of Exercise in Maintaining Health Condition.
DOI: 10.5220/0009090203210330
In Proceedings of the 11th National Congress and the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association (KONAS XI and PIT XVIII PERDOSRI
2019), pages 321-330
ISBN: 978-989-758-409-1
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