Impact of muscle echo intensity on post‐exercise blood pressure response in older normotensive and hypertensive females: Pilot study

Exaggerated post‐exercise blood pressure (BP) is considered a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease in older females. Muscle echo intensity (EI) using ultrasound can be used to evaluate intramuscular fat, one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to det...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physiological Reports 2022-11, Vol.10 (21), p.e15514-n/a
Hauptverfasser: Takeda, Ryosuke, Hirono, Tetsuya, Yoshiko, Akito, Kunugi, Shun, Okudaira, Masamichi, Ueda, Saeko, Watanabe, Kohei
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Zusammenfassung:Exaggerated post‐exercise blood pressure (BP) is considered a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease in older females. Muscle echo intensity (EI) using ultrasound can be used to evaluate intramuscular fat, one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to determine whether intramuscular fat assessed by muscle echo intensity is associated with the post‐exercise BP response in older females. Ten older normotensive (SBP 
ISSN:2051-817X
2051-817X
DOI:10.14814/phy2.15514