ArticlePhysical activity and nutrition2022
Four weeks of lower-limb static stretching reduces regional arterial stiffness in middle-aged and older women.
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- Musculoskeletal Stretching and Arterial Stiffness: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Acute and Longitudinal Interventions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Six weeks stretching of lower limbs lowers blood pressure in hypertensive individuals.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Effects of Different Types of Stretching on Hypertension: A Systematic Review with Exploratory Meta-Analysis.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Association of estimated pulse wave velocity with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in obstructive sleep apnea patients: results from NHANES.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Chronic effects of a static stretching intervention program on range of motion and tissue hardness in older adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Association between Yoga Participation and Arterial Stiffness: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to clarify whether habitual lower-limb stretching intervention reduces regional arterial stiffness at the stretched site in middle-aged and older women.
methodsIn this study, the effects of 4 weeks of lower-limb static stretching (of the hip extensor and flexor, knee extensor and flexor, and plantar flexor muscles) were investigated on systemic, central, and peripheral arterial stiffness using pulse wave velocity in 14 healthy middle-aged and older women randomly assigned to either a sedentary control group (67.3 ± 5.6 years; n = 7) or a stretching intervention group (63.4 ± 6.4 years; n = 7).
resultsThe femoral-ankle pulse wave velocity (an index of peripheral arterial stiffness) significantly decreased in the intervention group (pre, 1222.4 ± 167.5 cm/s; post, 1122.0 ± 141.1 cm/s) but did not change in the control group (pre, 1122.7 ± 107.7 cm/s; post, 1139.9 ± 77.5 cm/s). However, the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity as an index of systemic arterial stiffness (control: pre, 1655.7 ± 296.8 cm/s, post, 1646.4 ± 232.1 cm/s; intervention: pre, 1637.6 ± 259.9 cm/s, post, 1560.8 ± 254.7 cm/s) and the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity as an index of central arterial stiffness (control: pre, 1253.6 ± 346.4 cm/s, post, 1223.6 ± 263.4 cm/s; intervention: pre, 1125.4 ± 204.7 cm/s, post, 1024.9 ± 164.5 cm/s) did not change in either group.
conclusionThese findings suggest that lower-limb stretching interventions may reduce regional arterial stiffness at the stretched site.
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