title: Home-based resistance training improves arterial stiffness in healthy premenopausal women.
abstract: The present study investigates the effect of home-based resistance training on arterial stiffness in healthy premenopausal women. Twelve healthy non-smoking and normotensive women who were not actively involved in regular physical exercise (aged 42-55 years) performed home-based resistance training twice weekly for 10 weeks using body weight and light dumbbells. Each training session required approximately 40 min to complete. Arterial stiffness was measured using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). We also determined serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, glucose, triglyceride, insulin, and adiponectin and calculated the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), an index of insulin resistance. After home-based resistance training, baPWV, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, insulin, and the HOMA-IR decreased, whereas adiponectin increased (P < 0.05) and levels of HDL cholesterol, glucose, triglyceride, blood pressure, and heart rate remained unaffected. These results suggest that home-based resistance training benefits vascular function in healthy premenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Science and Applied Physiology, Kinki Welfare University, 1966-5, Takaoka, Fukusaki-cho, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo 679-2217, Japan. tokamoto@sw.kinwu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuhara
authors.forename: Komei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikuta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000502:physiology*; D055119:Elastic Modulus / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D017697:Premenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D055070:Resistance Training / Q000379:methods*