Impact of Sex on Cardiac Functional Adaptation to Different Modes of Exercise Training: A Randomized Cross-Over Study.

Purpose: We hypothesized that male and female volunteers would exhibit distinct changes in cardiac morphology, systolic, and diastolic function following endurance (END) and resistance (RES) training.

Methods: Thirty-eight females and 26 males participated in a randomized cross-over design trial in which all participants completed 12-weeks END and RES, separated by a 12-week washout. Echocardiograms assessed morphology (left ventricular mass, LVM), systolic function (ejection fraction, EF, and global longitudinal strain, GLS), diastolic function (mitral valve velocities, E, A; tissue Doppler velocities, e', a'), and left atrial volume.

Cardiac functional adaptation to resistance and endurance exercise training: a randomized crossover study.

Few training studies have assessed the impact of different modes of exercise on changes in cardiac function. This study investigated changes in left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function following endurance (END) and resistance (RES) training in healthy participants. Sixty-four individuals participated in a randomized crossover design trial, involving 12 wk of END and RES training, separated by a 12-wk washout.

Increased Yearling Weight Gain Is Associated with a Distinct Faecal Microbial Profile.

Microbial communities inhabiting the gut have the ability to influence physiological processes contributing to livestock production and performance. Livestock enterprises rely on animal production traits such as growth performance for profit. Previous studies have shown that gut microbiota are correlated to growth performance and could even influence it.

Impact of Water- and Land-Based Exercise Training on Risk Factors and Vascular Function in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women.

Introduction: Exercise improves vascular function, but it is unclear whether benefits are mediated by traditional cardiovascular risk factors or whether sex differences in training effects exist in older adults. We hypothesized that exercise would improve cardiovascular risk factors, that males and females would benefit similarly, and that improvements in risk factors would correlate with changes in vascular function.

Methods: Seventy-two healthy middle-aged/older adults (age, 62 ± 7 yr; 26%♂) were randomized to a land-walking ( n = 23), water-walking ( n = 25), or a nonexercise control group (C; n = 23).