Muscular strength training does not increase human adults' arterial stiffness or improve body toning

Determining the influence of three weekly strength training (ST) sessions, over a ten-week period, on arterial stiffness (AS) and taking the associated anthropometric measurements. This was a before-and-after intervention trial, involving a sample of 17 individuals. Participants were adults from bot...

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Published in:Revista de salud pública (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2013-07, Vol.15 (4), p.601-613
Main Authors: Tinoco-Cabral, Carlos Ernani de Araujo, Fernandes-Guerra, Felipe E, Zugno, Leonel Mario, Tinoco-Cabral, Suzet de Araujo, Dantas-Leite, Lucia, Fernandes Filho, José, Costa-Lima, Kenio
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Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Arteries
Body Weights and Measures
Female
Humans
Male
Muscle Strength
Pulse Wave Analysis
Resistance Training
Vascular Stiffness
Young Adult
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Summary:Determining the influence of three weekly strength training (ST) sessions, over a ten-week period, on arterial stiffness (AS) and taking the associated anthropometric measurements. This was a before-and-after intervention trial, involving a sample of 17 individuals. Participants were adults from both genders aged 18 and 40 years-old who had been sedentary for at least three months previously. Anthropometric measurements were taken, together with pulse wave velocity (PWV) before and immediately after the experimental sessions. Independent variables (age and gender) were considered for determining their influence on final PWV and anthropometric measurements. Comparing initial PWV (mean=9.00) with final PWV (mean=9.00) for subjects involved in the proposed ST revealed no significant difference between them (p=0.469). Regarding anthropometric measurement, individuals' body fat (p
ISSN:0124-0064