Key result
Concurrent power and endurance training exercise order fails to improve arterial stiffness in hypertensive older adults.
Why the study?
The effects of combined power and endurance training, as well as exercise order, on arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive older adults remain unclear.
Does dynamic power training followed by endurance training improve arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive older adults compared to endurance training followed by power training?
RCT (n=20)
Single-blind
Computer-generated list of random numbers
No
Does dynamic power training followed by endurance training improve arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive older adults compared to endurance training followed by power training?
p-value: p=>0.05
Reversing the order of concurrent power and endurance training for 16 weeks did not result in significant changes in arterial stiffness or hemodynamic parameters in older adults with grade 1 hypertension who were previously trained.
Order of concurrent training does not alter arterial stiffness in trained hypertensive older adults; challenges assumptions on sequencing for vascular outcomes.
Background: Combining power training (PT) with endurance training (ET) offers health benefits for older adults. However, little is known about the effects of PT plus ET on arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive older adults. Additionally, the effects of exercise order-PT followed by ET versus ET followed by PT-on arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters remain unclear in older adults. Objective: This study aimed to a) examine the effects of concurrent training (CT) on arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive older adults; and b) to investigate the effects of concurrent PT and ET exercise order on arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive adults. Methods: Older adults with grade 1 hypertension were randomized into two groups: PT then ET group (DPTETG) and ET then PT group (ETDPTG). Both groups trained twice weekly for 16 weeks. Arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters were measured at baseline and after 16 weeks. Results: > .05). Conclusion: This study demonstrates that 16 weeks of different exercise orders of concurrent power and ET do not change arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in older adults with hypertension.
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Gambassi et al. (2026) conducted an RCT in Grade 1 hypertension (n=20). Power training followed by endurance training (DPTETG) vs. Endurance training followed by power training (ETDPTG) was evaluated on Arterial stiffness (pulse wave velocity) and hemodynamic parameters (blood pressure) (p=>0.05). Sixteen weeks of different exercise orders of concurrent power and endurance training did not significantly change arterial stiffness or hemodynamic parameters in previously trained hypertensive older adults.
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