The Trier Social Stress Task increased brachial-femoral pulse wave velocity compared with a neutral time- and speech-matched control condition in healthy young adults.
RCT
Crossover
Does the Trier Social Stress Task increase brachial-femoral pulse wave velocity in healthy young adults?
Acute psychological stress transiently increases arterial stiffness, suggesting a mechanism linking repeated stress exposure to long-term cardiovascular risk.
Acute psychological stress may contribute to cardiovascular disease risk through transient vascular dysfunction. In a randomized crossover study of healthy young adults, the Trier Social Stress Task increased brachial–femoral pulse wave velocity compared with a neutral time- and speech-matched control condition. Using an experimental design and statistical approach that addressed limitations identified in prior studies, these findings support meta-analytic evidence and suggest that transient arterial stiffening may represent a mechanism linking repeated stress exposure to long-term cardiovascular risk.
Zieff et al. (Tue,) conducted a rct in Healthy. Trier Social Stress Task vs. Neutral time- and speech-matched control condition was evaluated on brachial-femoral pulse wave velocity. The Trier Social Stress Task increased brachial-femoral pulse wave velocity compared with a neutral time- and speech-matched control condition in healthy young adults.