Two-week Paramedic Hospital Training Augments Blood Pressure Response to Isometric Handgrip Exercise in Healthy Young Men.

Persistent stressful situations can have detrimental cardiovascular effects; however, effects on the blood pressure (BP) response to exercise have not been fully examined. This study investigated the impact of a 2-week stressful situation on the exercise pressor response. Eight healthy male university paramedic trainees underwent a 2-week paramedic hospital training and a control period study.

Sleep Deprivation Elevates Resting and Exercise Blood Pressures and Augments Pressor Response at Exercise Onset.

Purpose: Sleep deprivation and elevated blood pressure (BP) increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, the effects of sleep deprivation on BP response, especially at exercise onset remain unclear. We aimed to elucidate the effects of experimental sleep deprivation (ESD) on resting and exercise BPs, including that at exercise onset, and investigate whether a night-time nap during ESD changes the ESD-altered BP.

Blood flow restriction accelerates aerobic training-induced adaptation of [Formula: see text] kinetics at the onset of moderate-intensity exercise.

It is unclear whether blood flow restriction (BFR) accelerates the adaptation of the time constant (τ) of phase II oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]) kinetics in the moderate-intensity exercise domain via moderate-intensity aerobic training. Therefore, healthy participants underwent moderate-intensity [45-60% [Formula: see text] Reserve] aerobic cycle training with or without BFR (BFR group, n = 9; CON group, n = 9) for 8 weeks to evaluate [Formula: see text] kinetics during moderate-intensity cycle exercise before (Pre) and after 4 (Mid) and 8 (Post) weeks of training. Both groups trained for 30 min, 3 days weekly.

Aging exaggerates blood pressure response to ischemic rhythmic handgrip exercise in humans.

Ischemic skeletal muscle conditions are known to augment exercise-induced increases in blood pressure (BP). Aging is also a factor that enhances the pressor response to exercise. However, the effects of aging on the BP response to ischemic exercise remain unclear.

Breath isoprene excretion during rest and low-intensity cycling exercise is associated with skeletal muscle mass in healthy human subjects.

The physiological roles of isoprene, which is one of the many endogenous volatile organic compounds contained in exhaled breath, are not well understood. In recent years, exhaled isoprene has been associated with the skeletal muscle. Some studies have suggested that the skeletal muscle produces and/or stores some of the isoprene.

Exaggerated pressor response to blood flow restriction resistance exercise is associated with a muscle metaboreflex-induced increase in blood pressure in young, healthy humans.

Some researchers are concerned that exercise training with the blood flow restriction (BFR) technique induces an exaggeration in blood pressure response and potentiates adverse cardiovascular events. In the present study, we demonstrate that the blood pressure response to arm-curl exercise was intensified by the BFR technique, and the degree of intensification was associated with a blood pressure response to postexercise muscle ischemia of the elbow flexors, which elicit a muscle metaboreflex. BFR technique intensifies blood pressure response to exercise, which was associated with a blood pressure response in postexercise muscle ischemia-induced muscle metaboreflex.

Sociodemographic determinants of pedometer-determined physical activity among Japanese adults.

Background: Although previous studies have reported physical activity and its sociodemographic determinants using self-report measures, there have been few studies using pedometers.

Purpose: To ascertain pedometer-determined physical activity and its sociodemographic determinants among community residents living in four Japanese cities.

Methods: A cross-sectional mail survey was conducted from February 2007 to January 2008 with a sample of 4000 residents (aged 20-69 years and 50% male) who were randomly selected from the registry of residential addresses.

Association between perceived neighborhood environment and walking among adults in 4 cities in Japan.

Background: Recent research highlights the importance of environment as a determinant of physical activity; however, evidence among Japanese is sparse. The aim of this study was to examine the association between perceived neighborhood environment and neighborhood walking for multiple purposes among Japanese.

Methods: We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study of 1461 Japanese adults (age: 48.

Sociodemographic variation in the perception of barriers to exercise among Japanese adults.

Background: The perception of barriers to exercise is an important correlate of exercise participation. However, only a limited number of studies-mostly from Western countries-have attempted to describe the perceptions of barriers to exercise in specific population groups. This study examined the associations between sociodemographic attributes and perceived barriers to exercise in Japanese adults.