title: Effects of training status on arterial compliance in able-bodied persons and persons with spinal cord injury.
abstract: METHODS
  An investigation on large and small artery compliance in 36 able-bodied persons and persons with spinal cord injury (SCI).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of various training states (endurance-trained vs untrained) on arterial compliance in individuals with chronic SCI of traumatic origin and in able-bodied individuals (matched for age, sex, height, and weight).
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary rehabilitation center in Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  Large and small artery compliance were measured at the radial artery and physical activity was assessed via questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in large artery compliance between groups. Small artery compliance was reduced markedly (5.8±3.1 ml mm Hg(-1) × 100) in untrained persons with SCI, in comparison to all other groups. Small artery compliance of endurance-trained individuals with SCI was slightly (4%) higher than that observed in the untrained able-bodied individuals (8.6±1.5 vs. 8.2±1.4 ml mm Hg(-1) × 100, respectively). Endurance-trained, able-bodied persons had greater small artery compliance (10.6±2.3 ml mm Hg(-1) × 100) in comparison to the all other groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endurance training is related to increased small artery compliance in able-bodied individuals and persons with SCI (who are matched for age, sex, height and weight). Endurance training may attenuate the decline in small artery compliance seen with SCI.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S S D
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bredin
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Krassioukov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: D E R
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Warburton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003187:Compliance / Q000502:physiology; D026241:Exercise Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult