The Effects of Low-Intensity Single-Leg Exercise on Regional Arterial Stiffness.
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Physiological Society of Japan in The Japanese Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 53 (3) , 239-241
- https://doi.org/10.2170/jjphysiol.53.239
Abstract
We examined the effect of low-intensity single-leg exercise (20 or 30 watt, 5 min) on pulse wave velocity from the femoral to the ankle arteries in 18 young men. After the exercise, the velocity significantly decreased in the exercised leg, but not in the counterpart, suggesting that the decrease in arterial stiffness in the exercised leg was induced mainly by exercise-related regional factors.Keywords
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