ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2024
Effects of the intensity, duration and muscle mass factors of isometric exercise on acute local muscle hemodynamic responses and systematic blood pressure regulation.
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- The Optimal Dosage of Isometric Handgrip Exercise for Blood Pressure Reduction: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the mechanism of action of Tai Chi on cardiovascular disease: evidence map of aerobic and mind-body exercise pathways.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of preoperative isometric hand exercise on vascular caliber in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease - a randomised controlled trial.BMC nephrology · 2026Trial
- Efficacy and Cost-Effective Treatment of Isometric Resistance Training for Blood Pressure Control: A Narrative Review in Healthy Individuals and People with Cardiovascular Diseases.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Response to Letter to Editor "Effects of Intensity, Duration and Muscle Mass on Neuromuscular Fatigue and Blood Pressure After Isometric Handgrip Exercise".Health science reports · 2026Article
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Exercise-Based Management of Muscle Oxygenation Impairment.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effects of the Intensity, Duration, and Muscle Mass of Isometric Handgrip Exercise on Neuromuscular Fatigue and Post-Exercise Blood Pressure Responses: A Crossover Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Acute responses of isometric handgrip exercise combined with blood flow restriction in the elderly.European journal of translational myology · 2026Article
- Effect of knee flexion on muscle oxygen saturation in adults during a 40-s isometric squat.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Muscle oxygenation regulation in physical therapy and rehabilitation.Medical gas research · 2026Review
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- Acute effects of ischemic preconditioning and isometric exercise on blood pressure in prehypertensive males.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Effect of Different Isometric Exercise Modalities on Myocardial Work in Trained Hypertensive Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease: A Randomized Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effects of handgrip contraction modes on intermuscular coordination quantified by wavelet-based EMG-EMG coherence between 2 and 300 Hz.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2025Article
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Abstract
Isometric exercise is a non-pharmacologic intervention to improve muscle hemodynamic responses and blood pressure in humans. However, the effects of intensity, duration, and muscle mass factors of isometric exercise on local muscle hemodynamic responses and systemic blood pressure regulation have not been studied. The purpose of this study was to assess whether various modes of isometric exercise could induce various levels of muscle hemodynamic responses that are related to the blood pressure changes. Near-infrared spectroscopy was used to assess muscle hemodynamic responses after 4 isometric exercise protocols in 20 healthy adults. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures was used to assess the effect of factors of isometric exercise on oxyhemoglobin, deoxy-hemoglobin, blood volume, and oxygenation. For oxygenation, the lowest mean was recorded for the unilateral isometric handgrip exercise at 30% of MVC for 2 min (-0.317 ± 0.379 μM) while the highest mean was observed for the isometric wall squat (1.496 ± 0.498 μM,
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