Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2015
Longer rest intervals do not attenuate the superior effects of accumulated exercise on arterial stiffness.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of Exercise Prior to Sedentary Behavior on Vascular Health Parameters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Crossover Trials.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review on the effect of acute aerobic exercise on arterial stiffness reveals a differential response in the upper and lower arterial segments.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2017Pooled it
- Acute arterial stiffness responses to on-ball kneeling and sitting: Effects of exercise fragmentation and exercise order.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Trial
- The effectiveness of bench step exercise for ameliorating acute mental stress-induced arterial stiffening.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Trial
- Acute and chronic effects of cumulative vs. continuous physical activity on cardiovascular metabolic risk biomarkers in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Effects of Exercise on Arterial Stiffness: Mechanistic Insights into Peripheral, Central, and Systemic Vascular Health in Young Men.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Acute effects of low-intensity one-legged electrical muscle stimulation on arterial stiffness in experimental and control limbs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Acute effects of resistance-type and cycling-type high-intensity interval training on arterial stiffness, cardiac autonomic modulation and cardiac biomarkers.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Effects of accumulated exercise on the stiffness and hemodynamics of the common carotid artery.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Acute Effects of the Interval and Duration of Intermittent Exercise on Arterial Stiffness in Young Men.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Acute effects of low-volume intermittent versus higher-volume continuous exercise on arterial stiffness in healthy young men.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Acute Effects of Low-Intensity Electrical Stimulation on Segmental Arterial Stiffness.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Acute mental stress-caused arterial stiffening can be counteracted by brief aerobic exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Acute effects of accumulated aerobic exercise on aortic and peripheral pulse wave velocity in young males.Journal of physical therapy science · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine and compare the acute effects of moderate-intensity continuous and accumulated exercise in three bouts with different intervals on arterial stiffness.
methodNineteen healthy young males (mean age = 24.7 years) were randomized to no-exercise control (CON), continuous exercise (CE, 30-min cycling), accumulated exercise with 10-min intervals (AE10, 3 × 10-min cycling, 10-min interval), and accumulated exercise with 60-min intervals (AE60, 3 × 10-min cycling, 60-min interval) trial in balanced self-control crossover design. The intensity in all the exercise trials was set at 50% heart rate reserve. Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), an index of arterial stiffness, was measured at baseline (BL), immediately after (0 min) and 60 min after the completion of the exercise.
resultsCAVI remained stable (6.8 ± 0.1, 6.8 ± 0.2, 6.9 ± 0.1 at BL, 0 and 60 min, respectively) in CON trial. Immediately after exercise, CAVI in CE, AE10 and AE60 trials all decreased significantly to similar degree compared to CON trial (P < 0.05 for CE, AE10 and AE60 vs. CON). Though CAVI in CE trial returned to baseline level after 60 min of recovery, CAVI in both AE10 and AE60 trials remained significantly low compared to CON trial (P < 0.01 for AE10 and AE60 vs. CON).
conclusionWhen the total duration and relative intensity were matched, the effects of accumulated exercise in three bouts were superior to continuous exercise. Elongation of intervals between bouts did not attenuate the superior effects of accumulated exercise on arterial stiffness.
trial registrationChiCTR-OTRCC-14005229.
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