Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on the Stiffness of Central and Peripheral Arteries in Middle-Aged Sedentary Men

Koichiro Hayashi; Jun Sugawara; Hidehiko Komine; Seiji Maeda; Takashi Yokoi

doi:10.2170/jjphysiol.S2116

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Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on the Stiffness of Central and Peripheral Arteries in Middle-Aged Sedentary Men

Koichiro Hayashi, Jun Sugawara, Hidehiko Komine, Seiji Maeda, Takashi Yokoi

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Keywords: arterial stiffness, pulse wave velocity, aerobic exercise training

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2005 Volume 55 Issue 4 Pages 235-239

DOI https://doi.org/10.2170/jjphysiol.S2116

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Abstract

Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) significantly decreased after 16 weeks of moderate-intensity exercise training (walking/jogging) in 17 sedentary middle-aged men, whereas leg PWV did not. These results suggest that in contrast with central arterial stiffness, peripheral arterial stiffness is difficult to change with aerobic exercise training.

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