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Arterial elastic property in young endurance and resistance-trained women

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In men, regular aerobic exercise increases central arterial elasticity, but it is decreased by resistance training. We determined the relation between the type of exercise training and arterial elasticity in healthy young women: 26 healthy young women who were sedentary (CO, n = 9), endurance-trained (ET, n = 9), and resistance-trained (RT, n = 8) groups. We determined the carotid arterial compliance and distensibility coefficient (simultaneous ultrasound and applanation tonometry), \(\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{{\text{2max}}}}\), and 1RM (bench press and leg extension). The \(\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{{{\text{2max}}}}\) in the ET groups was higher than in the CO and RT groups. Both 1RM were higher in the RT groups than in the CO and ET groups. No significant difference was found in the carotid artery compliance and distensibility coefficient among the ET, RT, and CO groups. These results underscore the difficulty in detecting a change in arterial elasticity in young female athletes using the type of exercise training by which it is shown in young men.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported in part by JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad (JS). We thank Keigo Ben Ohyama, Eiko Yamamoto, Kayo Morooka, Akiko Mekaru and Emi Sasaki for their assistance in this study.

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  1. Department of Music, Sapporo Otani University, 1-1 Kita 16 Higashi 9, Higashiku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 065-8567, Japan

    Koichiro Hayashi

  2. Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Koichiro Hayashi, Jun Sugawara, Hidehiko Komine, Mutsuko Yoshizawa, Mariko Nakamura & Takashi Yokoi

  3. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

    Jun Sugawara

  4. Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Katsuji Aizawa, Mutsuko Yoshizawa & Mariko Nakamura

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Hayashi, K., Sugawara, J., Aizawa, K. et al. Arterial elastic property in young endurance and resistance-trained women. Eur J Appl Physiol 104, 763–768 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0829-0

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