What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate the effects of combined resistance and aerobic exercise regimens on arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women.

September 7, 2021SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Effects of Combined Resistance and Aerobic Training on Arterial Stiffness in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review

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Why the study?

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of combined resistance and aerobic exercise on arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women.

Does combined resistance and aerobic training reduce arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women?

Population

Middle-aged or older postmenopausal women across seven studies

Comparison

Combined resistance and aerobic exercise vs comparator

Design

Systematic review

Authors

MMMarko ManojlovićUniversity of Novi Sad BPBranka Protić-GavaUniversity of Novi Sad NMNebojša MaksimovićUniversity of Novi Sad

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Implication

May support combined training to reduce arterial stiffness; leaves open confirmation in larger postmenopausal trials.

Key Points

To investigate the effects of combined resistance and aerobic exercise regimens on arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women.
Systematic search conducted in PubMed and Google Scholar, with study quality assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale.
Identified 7 eligible studies evaluating middle-aged and older postmenopausal women across various health statuses (healthy, hypertensive, or with comorbidities) using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) as the outcome measure.
Combined training consistently decreased arterial stiffness across all 7 evaluated studies, reducing baPWV within a range of 0.6 to 2.1 m/s.
A moderate-intensity regimen (40–60% heart rate reserve or maximal heart rate) performed three times weekly for roughly 60 minutes per session over 12 weeks yielded clinically meaningful cardiovascular improvements.

Structured PICO

Does combined resistance and aerobic training reduce arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women?

Population

Middle-aged or older postmenopausal women of various health statuses (hypertensive, with comorbidities or healthy) across 7 studies

Intervention

Combined resistance and aerobic training (typically 12 weeks, 3 times a week, ~60 min per session, moderate intensity 40-60% HRR or HRmax)

Outcome

Arterial stiffness measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV)surrogate

Combined resistance and aerobic training effectively reduces arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women, supporting its use as a non-pharmacological strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention.

Cite This Study

Manojlović et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d07eb7632f68323204f562 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189450

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