ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2021
Acute mental stress-caused arterial stiffening can be counteracted by brief aerobic exercise.
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- 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
- Arterial stiffness and vascular aging: mechanisms, prevention, and therapy.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Investigations of segmental arterial stiffness in a cross-sectional study on young adult male trained swimmers, cyclists, and non-trained men.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Effects of acute cervical stretching on arterial wall elastic properties.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- 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
- 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
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Abstract
purposeAcute mental stress (MS) causes an elevation in pulse wave velocity (PWV), an index of arterial stiffness. In contrast, aerobic exercise acutely decreases arterial stiffness, even in the short term. The present study aimed to examine whether acute MS-caused arterial stiffening can be counteracted by brief aerobic exercise.
methodsThirteen young healthy men (mean age, 20 ± 1 years) participated in two randomized experimental visits where they were subjected to acute MS followed by seated rest (RE) or cycling exercise (EX) trials. Following a 5-min MS task, the participants in the RE trial rested on a chair for 10 min (from 10 to 20 min after the cessation of the task), whereas those in the EX trial cycled at 35% of heart rate reserve for the same duration. Heart-brachial PWV (hbPWV), brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV), heart-ankle PWV (haPWV), and the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) were simultaneously measured at baseline and 5, 30, and 45 min after the task.
resultsBoth trials caused significant elevations (P < 0.05) in hbPWV, haPWV, and CAVI at 5 min after the task; subsequently, this persisted until 45 min after the task in the RE trial, whereas the elevations in the EX trial were eliminated. In the RE trial, baPWV significantly increased (P < 0.05) at 30 and 45 min after the task, whereas such an increase was not observed in the EX trial.
conclusionThe findings of the present study reveal that brief aerobic exercise counteracts arterial stiffening caused by acute MS.
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