ReviewInternational journal of vascular medicine2017
Effect of Exercise Intervention on Flow-Mediated Dilation in Overweight and Obese Adults: Meta-Analysis.
Review in International journal of vascular medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Aerobic Exercise on Endothelial Function and Other Cardiovascular Disease Markers in Health and Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Meta-regression of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Comparing Aerobic Interval Training with Other Forms of Physical Exercise for Brachial Artery Endothelial Function Improvement: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of aerobic and resistance exercise training on endothelial function in individuals with overweight and obesity: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Effects and Optimal Dose of Exercise on Endothelial Function in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of exercise training on arterial stiffness in obese and overweight children: a meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Acute effects of sedentary breaks on vascular health in adults at risk for type 2 diabetes: A systematic review.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Dietary α-linolenic acid improves skin blood flow following cold exposure and endothelial function in healthy adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparative trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Trial
- Spirituality-Based Intervention in Hypertension: EFfects on Blood PrEssure and EndotheliaL Function-FEEL Trial Results.Global heart · 2025Trial
- Aerobic exercise training improves not only brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilatation but also carotid artery reactivity: A randomized controlled, cross-over trial in older men.Physiological reports · 2022Trial
- Endothelial function following interval exercise plus low-calorie diet treatment in obese females.Physiological reports · 2019Trial
- Effects of aerobic training on brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in healthy adults: a meta-analysis of inter-individual response differences in randomized controlled trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of singing on vascular health in older adults with coronary artery disease: a randomized, crossover trial.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Obesity does not alter vascular function and handgrip exercise hemodynamics in middle-aged patients with hypertension.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2024Article
- Effect of Exercise Training on Arterial Stiffness in Overweight or Obese Populations.International journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of aerobic, resistance, and combined training on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in older adults: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- The Influence of an Acute Bout of Aerobic Exercise on Vascular Endothelial Function in Moderate Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The impact of standing desks on cardiometabolic and vascular health.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2021Article
- Response to: Comment on "Effect of Exercise Intervention on Flow-Mediated Dilation in Overweight and Obese Adults: Meta-Analysis".International journal of vascular medicine · 2019Article
- Comment on "Effect of Exercise Intervention on Flow-Mediated Dilation in Overweight and Obese Adults: Meta-Analysis".International journal of vascular medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
The objective of this meta-analysis is to summarize the effect of exercise intervention on flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) in overweight and obese adults. We searched four electronic databases (PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and CINAHL) through June 2016 for relevant studies pertaining to the effectiveness of exercise intervention on FMD. Seventeen of the 91 studies identified met the inclusion criteria. Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (version 3) was used to compute the standardized mean difference effect size (ES) and 95% CI using a random effects model. We calculated 34 ESs. We found that exercise intervention had medium and positive effects on FMD, with an overall ES of 0.522 (95% CI = 0.257, 0.786). Heterogeneity of ESs was observed (
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