Publications by authors named "David Mzee"
Article Synopsis
- A study examined how respiratory muscle training (RMT) affects cardiovascular health by comparing immediate and long-term changes in pulse wave velocity (PWV) and blood pressure in young healthy individuals.
- Both a short session of RMT and a 4-week training program showed temporary increases in systolic blood pressure (SBP) but no lasting changes in long-term cardiovascular measures compared to a control group.
- Adding passive vibration during RMT did not enhance cardiovascular outcomes, indicating that the training alone, whether with vibration or not, did not significantly alter cardiovascular health over the training period.
Background: We investigated the inter-day repeatability of newly proposed indexes of cardiovascular health based on the absolute (PWVABS) or relative (PWVRATIO) difference in pulse wave velocity (PWV) between the carotid-femoral (PWVCF) and carotid-radial (PWVCR) segments compared with PWVCF alone and with systolic blood pressure (BPSYST) over multiple days.
Methods: All variables were measured in triplicates in a group of 16 young, healthy individuals (8 men/8 women, body mass 66 ± 14 kg, height 1.7 ± 0.