Publications by authors named "Wesley T Blumenburg"
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- Black Americans experience higher blood pressure due to various social, lifestyle, and physiological factors, with reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability as a possible contributor.
- A study involving 18 Black and 20 White young adults tested the impact of beetroot juice (BRJ) on blood pressure, finding that it effectively lowered resting blood pressure in both groups, but more notably in males.
- Although Black adults had higher resting blood pressure levels initially, BRJ supplementation reduced systolic blood pressure similarly in both Black and White participants, highlighting the importance of NO in cardiovascular health.
Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) during physical stress is prognostic for incident cardiovascular disease. CVR is influenced by perceived pain. However, there is limited data on the effect of sex differences and repeated exposures to painful stimuli on CVR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), expressed as VO 2 max (mL/kg/min), is associated with resting AS (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity [cf-PWV]) and the AS response to simulated fire suppression activities in firefighters.
Methods: In firefighters (n = 20, 34 ± 8 years), AS was determined using cf-PWV (m/s) before and after a fire simulation exercise. VO 2 max was determined using a standard treadmill protocol.
Background: The prevalence of mental health disorders is rising globally. Despite the popularity of exercise as a strategy to improve mental health in individuals with anxiety or depression, there is a paucity of literature on this topic in apparently healthy young individuals who are free from mental illness.
Methods: We characterized relationships between actigraphy-derived physical activity levels and cardiorespiratory fitness (V̇O