Effect of combined circuit exercise on arterial stiffness in hypertensive postmenopausal women: a local public health center-based pilot study

Abstract

Circuit combined exercise is an effective intervention to improve arterial stiffness in hypertensive postmenopausal women, and is feasible in local public health centers.

Influence of Exercise Mode on Post-exercise Arterial Stiffness and Pressure Wave Measures in Healthy Adult Males

“…The greater incidence of cardiovascular disease in men below 50 compared to women of similar age (Gensini et al, 1996 ) increases the relevance of our findings for those likely to suffer cardiovascular disease in the future. Prospective studies may extend our preliminary findings to females, who potentially exhibit differential arterial stiffness responses compared to males (Doonan et al, 2013 ) and those with clinical conditions (Yang et al, 2011 ; Eleuterio-Silva et al, 2013 ; Li et al, 2015 ; Jeon et al, 2018 ).…”

“…To our knowledge, the acute effects of combined AER and RES (i.e., concurrent training) on wave reflection and/or arterial stiffness measures have been rarely examined in clinical populations. Nevertheless, combined AER and RES chronic regimes have resulted in beneficial changes in resting wave reflection and/or arterial stiffness measures for older adults (Cook et al, 2006 ), women with metabolic syndrome (Eleuterio-Silva et al, 2013 ), obese men/women (Yang et al, 2011 ), patients with cardiovascular disease (Zhang et al, 2018 ) and hypertensive adults (Li et al, 2015 ; Jeon et al, 2018 ). The inclusion of AER following RES during an acute exercise session may counteract the potential negative effects of RES (Fahs et al, 2009 ; Sardeli et al, 2018 ; Tai et al, 2018 ) with acute AER reported to improve wave reflection and/or arterial stiffness measures in young (Munir et al, 2008 ; Lane et al, 2013 ; Milatz et al, 2015 ; Kobayashi et al, 2017 ) and older (Perissiou et al, 2018 ) healthy adults.…”

Habitual Combined Exercise Protects against Age-Associated Decline in Vascular Function and Lipid Profiles in Elderly Postmenopausal Women

“…In the present study, baPWV was significantly lower in the CRAE group versus the SED group by~1 m/s (Figure 2A). This finding may be clinically beneficial for this population, for it has been previously reported that an increase in baPWV by as little as 1.0 m/s is associated with a 12% increase in risk for cardiovascular event occurrence [29], and baPWV has been suggested as an independent predictor of vascular ageing and CVD development [28]. Therefore, with the CRAE group demonstrating significantly lower PWV compared to the SED group, this may suggest that habitual CRAE training may help with delaying age-associated vascular remodeling.…”

“…Different modes of aerobic exercise training alone for 8-12 weeks (swimming, stair climbing, and all-extremity ergometry) have been shown to significantly decrease arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women and older adults [24][25][26], whereas high-intensity interval training and resistance training for 8-12 weeks showed no differences in arterial stiffness in similar populations [26,27]. Furthermore, CRAE training for 12 weeks has been shown to reduce arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women [13,28]. In the present study, baPWV was significantly lower in the CRAE group versus the SED group by~1 m/s (Figure 2A).…”

Cognitive Enhancement through Improved Central Artery Stiffness in Postmenopausal Women: Potential Benefit of HighIntensity Aerobic Exercise

“…Regular physical activity including aerobic and resistance exercise is recommended for postmenopausal women to improve not only musculoskeletal and cardiovascular function, but also cognitive function. Three months of combined circuit exercise reduce arterial stiffness and other cardiovascular disease risks in hypertensive postmenopausal women( 5 ). Furthermore, older adults who exercise regularly more than three times a week have lower risk for dementia ( 3 ).…”