The effectiveness of bench step exercise for ameliorating acute mental stress-induced arterial stiffening.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of bench step (BS) exercise for ameliorating arterial stiffening caused by acute mental stress (MS).

Methods

Fifteen young healthy men participated in two randomized trials: rest (RE) and exercise (EX) trials. Following a 5-min MS task (first task), the RE trial participants rested on a chair for 10 min (from 10 to 20 min after task cessation); the EX trial participants performed BS exercise for the same duration. At 40 min after the first task, the participants performed the same task (second task) again. Heart-brachial pulse wave velocity (PWV) (hbPWV), brachial-ankle PWV (baPWV), heart-ankle PWV (haPWV), and the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) were measured simultaneously at 5, 30, and 50 min after the first task.<

SUBMITTER: Kume D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature