Effects of aerobic exercise training on the stiffness of central and peripheral arteries in middle-aged sedentary men.
Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) significantly decreased after 16 weeks of moderate-intensity exercise training (walking/jogging) in 17 sedentary middle-aged men, whereas leg PWV did not. These results suggest that in contrast with central arterial stiffness, peripheral arterial stiffness is difficult to change with aerobic exercise training.
Hayashi
Koichiro
K
Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan. k-hayashi@aist.go.jp
Sugawara
Jun
J
Komine
Hidehiko
H
Maeda
Seiji
S
Yokoi
Takashi
T
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000502:physiology; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D003187:Compliance; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014655:Vascular Resistance; D016138:Walking