Why the study?
Does 1 year of regular low- to moderate-intensity endurance exercise training improve heart rate and blood pressure variability in sedentary middle-aged men?
Population
140 sedentary Finnish men aged 53-63 years (112 in final analysis)
Comparison
Endurance exercise training for 30-60 min three… vs Reference group (sedentary control)
Design
RCT, Randomized into two identical groups
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Supports prescribing endurance exercise to preserve autonomic function in middle-aged men; extends RCT evidence on HRV modulation by training.
Does 1 year of regular low- to moderate-intensity endurance exercise training improve heart rate and blood pressure variability in sedentary middle-aged men?
Regular low- to moderate-intensity exercise training over 1 year improves heart rate variability, suggesting a protective effect against the decline of cardiac autonomic function in older sedentary men.
Uusitalo et al. (2002) studied this question.
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