Key result
Prolonged endurance training in middle-aged adults is associated with lower cerebrovascular impedance modulus compared to sedentary peers, similar to levels in young individuals.
Why the study?
Does prolonged endurance training lower cerebrovascular impedance in middle-aged adults compared to sedentary peers?
Cross-Sectional
Does prolonged endurance training lower cerebrovascular impedance in middle-aged adults compared to sedentary peers?
Prolonged endurance training is associated with improved cerebrovascular dampening function, potentially helping maintain brain perfusion in midlife.
Hypothesis-generating for cerebrovascular benefits of endurance training in midlife; leaves open causality and need for interventional trials.
Impedance modulus in the range of first harmonic oscillations (0.78-1.56 Hz), which reflects heart rate at rest, was lower in middle-aged endurance athletes than in age-matched sedentary peers and was similar to young individuals. Prolonged endurance training is associated with the improved cerebrovascular dampening function in middle-aged adults. Lower cerebrovascular impedance modulus may contribute to maintaining brain perfusion in midlife.
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Sugawara et al. (2020) reported a cross-sectional. Prolonged endurance training vs. Age-matched sedentary peers was evaluated on Cerebrovascular impedance modulus in the range of first harmonic oscillations (0.78-1.56 Hz). Prolonged endurance training in middle-aged adults is associated with lower cerebrovascular impedance modulus compared to sedentary peers, similar to levels in young individuals.
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