Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2018
Aortic stiffness, central pulse pressure and cognitive function following acute resistance exercise.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Acute Resistance Exercise on Executive Function: A Systematic Review of the Moderating Role of Intensity and Executive Function Domain.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection Responses Following Heavy and Moderate Load Resistance Training Protocols.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Trial
- Day-to-Day Reproducibility of Arterial Stiffness Following a Bout of Resistance Exercise in Healthy Young Females: A Reliability Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Larger reductions in blood pressure during post-exercise standing, but not middle cerebral artery blood velocity, in resistance-trained versus untrained individuals.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Differential contribution of elbow flexion and knee extension on vascular and hemodynamic parameters and arterial stiffness indices after acute strength exercise in young adults.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- The effects of habitual resistance exercise training on cerebrovascular responses to lower body dynamic resistance exercise: A cross-sectional study.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Various modalities of resistance exercise promote similar acute cognitive improvements and hemodynamic increases in young, healthy adults.Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior · 2024Article
- Review
- Assessment of Cerebrovascular Dynamics and Cognitive Function with Acute Aerobic Exercise in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of MS careArticle
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Abstract
introductionWhile resistance exercise (RE) is known to be beneficial for overall health, one bout of RE acutely increases aortic stiffness and pulse pressure (PP). Increases in aortic stiffness and PP in a setting of aging has been shown to detrimentally impact cognitive function. This study examined whether increased aortic stiffness and PP from an acute bout of RE is associated with cognitive function.
methodsThirty-five participants (21 ± 2 years) underwent cognitive testing before and after either an acute bout of RE or a non-exercise time-control condition. Cognitive function was assessed as reaction time and accuracy during memory recognition, attention (Flanker) and working memory (N-back) tasks. Aortic stiffness and PP were measured via pulse wave velocity (PWV) and pulse wave analysis, respectively, using a brachial oscillometric device.
resultsThere were significant increases in aortic PWV and aortic PP following RE (p < 0.05) with no change in PWV or PP following the non-exercise control condition (p > 0.05). There was no change in accuracy metrics (% hits) across conditions for any cognitive task (p > 0.05). There was a condition-by-time interaction for reaction time for the memory task (p < 0.05) driven by a significant decrease in reaction times following RE (p < 0.05) with no change in reaction time following the non-exercise control (p > 0.05).
conclusionFunctional increases in aortic stiffness and pulse pressure following acute RE occur in the absence of detrimental changes in cognitive function in young, healthy adults.
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