ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2019
Heat therapy reduces sympathetic activity and improves cardiovascular risk profile in women who are obese with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Vascular and Neural Mechanisms of Chronic Leg Heating in Pregnant Women With Obesity
Targeting Hypertension and Insulin Resistance With Heat Therapy
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of the role of heat therapy for patients with intermittent claudication due to peripheral artery disease.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Japanese steam sand bath heat therapy mediates comparable reductions in blood pressure with smaller discomfort and respiratory strains than hot water immersion and sauna.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Feasibility of unsupervised, home-based leg heat therapy in older adults: a pilot, sham-controlled trial.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Trial
- Post-exercise hot water immersion enhances haemodynamic and vascular benefits of exercise without further improving cardiorespiratory fitness, glucose, lipids or inflammation.The Journal of physiology · 2025Trial
- No effect of either heat therapy or aerobic exercise training on blood pressure in adults with untreated hypertension: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Trial
- Effects of regular sauna bathing in conjunction with exercise on cardiovascular function: a multi-arm, randomized controlled trial.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022Trial
- Effects of home-based leg heat therapy on walking performance in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease: a pilot randomized trial.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022Trial
- Leg heat therapy improves perceived physical function but does not enhance walking capacity or vascular function in patients with peripheral artery disease.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2020Trial
- Comparison between exercise and hot water immersion on skin microvascular responses in older adults with overweight and obesity.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Comparison of exercise training and repeated hot water immersion on vascular function in overweight older adults.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Impact of Adherence to a Plant-Based Residential Lifestyle Medicine Program on Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Passive heat intervention research in women: Systematic review and audit of female representation.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- Noradrenergic regulation of skeletal muscle oxygen pressures: Impact of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and heat therapy.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Acute hot-water immersion augments the diastolic blood pressure nocturnal dip in healthy adults.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- The effect of repeated hot water immersion on microvascular function, glycaemic control and inflammation in White European and South Asian males.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Heat Therapy: Targeting Health, Disease, and Disability.Comprehensive Physiology · 2026Review
- Cutaneous microvascular function is reduced in winter compared with summer in healthy young adults.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Heat thermotherapy to improve cardiovascular function and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Whole-body hot water immersion effect on cerebral haemodynamics and subsequent cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Non-acute effects of passive heating interventions on cardiometabolic risk and vascular health: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to 15% of women and is associated with increased risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease. Repeated passive heat exposure [termed "heat therapy" (HT)] is a lifestyle intervention with the potential to reduce cardiovascular risk in obesity and PCOS. Women with obesity (
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