ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2020
Impact of acute mental stress on segmental arterial stiffness.
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- Acute Psychological Stress and Pulse Wave Velocity: Meta-Analysis and Recommendations for Future Research.Psychophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Acute effect of lower-limb peristaltic pulse external pneumatic compression on segmental arterial stiffness in healthy young adults.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- The effectiveness of bench step exercise for ameliorating acute mental stress-induced arterial stiffening.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Trial
- Impact of acute mental stress on ankle blood pressure in young healthy men: a pilot study.BMC research notes · 2022Trial
- From protection to predisposition: A narrative review of sex-specific vascular responses to acute stressors across the lifespan.Physiological reports · 2026Review
- Arterial stiffness in the context of heart rate and vasomotion during orthostatic stress and cognitive load.Frontiers in network physiology · 2026Article
- Perceived stress is associated with impaired artery elasticity: An observational study from the Vara- Skövde cohort.PloS one · 2025Observational
- New Indicator of Arterial Stiffness START-Is There a Prognostic Value of Its Dynamics in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease?Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Dynamics of the State of Arterial Stiffness as a Possible Pathophysiological Factor of Unfavorable Long-Term Prognosis in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Acute effects of low-intensity one-legged electrical muscle stimulation on arterial stiffness in experimental and control limbs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Cross-Sectional Investigation of the Association between Arterial Stiffness and Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, and Quality of Life.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Association of Physical, Psychological and Psychosocial Attributes With Arterial Stiffness in Cardiovascular Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2023Review
- Effects of acute cervical stretching on arterial wall elastic properties.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Psychological stress-induced increase in the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) may be a predictor of cardiovascular events.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022Article
- The independent association between salivary alpha-amylase activity and arterial stiffness in Japanese men and women: the Toon Health Study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022Article
- Pulse Wave Velocity, a Predictor of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events, and Its Correlation with the General Stress Level of Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Regular exercise ball training reduces arterial stiffness in sedentary middle-aged males.Journal of physical therapy science · 2022Article
- Three-minute bench step exercise as a countermeasure for acute mental stress-induced arterial stiffening.PloS one · 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
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Abstract
purposeIt has been reported that acute brief episodes of mental stress (MS) result in a prolonged increase in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), an index of aortic stiffness. However, whether acute MS also impacts arterial stiffness in other segments is unclear. The present study aimed to examine the impact of acute MS on segmental arterial stiffness.
methodsIn the main experiment, 17 young male subjects (mean age, 20.1 ± 0.7 years) performed a 5-min MS and control (CON) task in a random order. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) from the heart to the brachium (hbPWV) and the ankle (haPWV), PWV between the brachial artery and the ankle (baPWV), and the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) were simultaneously measured at baseline and 5, 15, and 30 min after the task.
resultsCompared to baseline values, hbPWV, baPWV, haPWV, and CAVI significantly increased until 30 min after the MS task, whereas these variables did not significantly change following the CON task. At 5 and 30 min after the MS task, percentage changes from baseline were significantly higher in hbPWV (+ 5.2 ± 4.4 and 6.6 ± 4.9%) than in baPWV (+ 2.2 ± 2.1 and 2.2 ± 2.0%) or haPWV (+ 3.6 ± 2.6 and 4.3 ± 2.9%) and were also significantly lower in baPWV than in haPWV.
conclusionThese findings suggest that acute MS elicits an increase in arterial stiffness in various segments and this arterial stiffening is not uniform among the segments.
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