Key result
Moderate endurance training for 10 weeks increased the gain of the spontaneous baroreflex response at rest by 50.1% (P<0.01) in sedentary normotensive men.
Why the study?
Does moderate endurance training improve baroreflex function and cardiac structure in sedentary normotensive men?
Population
13 sedentary normotensive men (22-34 yr old)
Comparison
10 weeks of moderate endurance training vs Control group (untrained, n=4)
Design
RCT, randomly assigned
Follow-up
10 weeks
Authors
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Moderate endurance training improves baroreflex sensitivity in sedentary normotensive men; extends evidence for autonomic benefits independent of cardiac structure.
RCT (n=13)
randomly assigned
Does moderate endurance training improve baroreflex function and cardiac structure in sedentary normotensive men?
p-value: p=<0.01
Moderate endurance training enhances the ability to reflexly adjust heart rate with spontaneous changes in arterial pressure in normotensive men, independent of changes in cardiac structure.
McDonald et al. (1993) conducted an RCT in sedentary normotensive (n=13). Moderate endurance training vs. Control group was evaluated on gain or slope of the spontaneous baroreflex response at rest (p=<0.01). Moderate endurance training for 10 weeks increased the gain of the spontaneous baroreflex response at rest by 50.1% (P<0.01) in sedentary normotensive men.
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