The effects of low-intensity single-leg exercise on regional arterial stiffness.
We examined the effect of low-intensity single-leg exercise (20 or 30 watt, 5 min) on pulse wave velocity from the femoral to the ankle arteries in 18 young men. After the exercise, the velocity significantly decreased in the exercised leg, but not in the counterpart, suggesting that the decrease in arterial stiffness in the exercised leg was induced mainly by exercise-related regional factors.
Sugawara
Jun
J
Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, 305-8564 Japan.
Otsuki
Takeshi
T
Tanabe
Takumi
T
Maeda
Seiji
S
Kuno
Shinya
S
Ajisaka
Ryuichi
R
Matsuda
Mitsuo
M
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D004548:Elasticity; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male