title: The effect of physical exercise on arterial stiffness parameters in young sportsmen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine the effect of single-bout exercise on aortic stiffness parameters in young basketball players.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 108 young male subjects (mean age 14.2 ± 3.4 years) were enrolled into the study. Simultaneous measure- ment of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVao) and augmentation index (Alxao) were performed with the oscillometric, occlusive device. Echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function at rest were also measured in sportsmen. We did not find significant differences of resting PWVao in comparison with young sportsmen (S) and age-matched healthy volunteers (V): 5.82 ± 0.14 m/s vs 5.83 ± 0.12 m/s for S and V groups, respectively. The values of PWVao measured after dynamic exercise, isometric exercise, and rest were 8.0 ± 0.5 m/s, 5.86 ± 0.1 m/s and 5.82 ± 0.1 m/s, respectively. We confirmed that values after dynamic exercise are significantly different from those after isometric exercise (P < 0.01) and those after rest (P < 0.01). The Alxao values exhibited a considerable, but statistically non-significant, decrease during dynamic exercise in the three groups (11.7 ± 7% vs 3.8 ± 3% vs- 0.9 ± 0.9% for groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We applied a feasible, clinically useful method which allowed us to measure changes in aortic PWV and Alx during acute, single-bout exercise on the basketball court in young sportsmen.
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rátgéber
authors.forename: Zsófia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lenkey
authors.forename: Ádám
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: Erzsébet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hidvégi
authors.forename: Róbert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Husznai
authors.forename: Zsófia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Verzár
authors.forename: Illyés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miklós
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bódis
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cziráki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*