Progressive exercise training improves cardiovascular psychophysiological outcomes in young adult women with a history of adverse childhood experiences.

ABSTRACT: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are early-life psychosocial stressors that are associated with poorer mental health and increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a dose-dependent manner. We examined the feasibility of an 8-wk combined aerobic and resistance exercise training program to improve systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), serum endothelin-1 (ET-1), resilience, hope agency, and hope pathways in young women with ACEs. Forty-two healthy women (21 ± 3 yr) with ≥4 (ACE+; n = 28) or 0 ACEs (ACE-; n = 14) participated in this study. Women with ACEs were randomly assigned to an exercise (ACE+_EXT; n = 14) or nonexercise control (ACE+_CON; n = 14) group, whereas all ACE- participants were assigned to a nonexercise contr

SUBMITTER: Rogers EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027078 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature