June 29, 2014Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseOpen Access

The Effect of Water Immersion during Exercise on Cerebral Blood Flow

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Why the study?

Does water-based exercise improve cerebral blood flow velocity compared to intensity-matched land-based exercise in healthy humans?

Structured PICO

Does water-based exercise improve cerebral blood flow velocity compared to intensity-matched land-based exercise in healthy humans?

Population

15 healthy, normotensive participants (8 males, 7 females), mean age 26 ± 4 years, BMI 24.3 ± 1.9 kg/m2, recreationally active, non-smokers with no history of cardiovascular, musculoskeletal or metabolic disease.

Intervention

20-min bout of water-based stepping exercise in 30°C water to the level of the right atrium.

Comparator

20-min bout of land-based stepping exercise of matched intensity.

Outcome

Cerebral blood flow velocity through the middle and posterior cerebral arteries.surrogate

Water-based exercise augments cerebral blood flow velocity relative to intensity-matched land-based exercise in healthy humans.

Limitations

Recruitment limited to young healthy volunteers, preventing extrapolation to older populations or clinical groups.
Only investigated the impact of low intensity water-based exercise on cerebral blood flow.

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Implication

Water-based exercise may enhance cerebral perfusion in healthy adults; extends RCT evidence on modality effects to intensity-matched conditions.

Cite This Study

Pugh et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8226e6a221e60789ca36b2 https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000422

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Implication

Water-based exercise may enhance cerebral perfusion in healthy adults; extends RCT evidence on modality effects to intensity-matched conditions.

The Effect of Water Immersion during Exercise on Cerebral Blood Flow

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Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

The Effect of Water Immersion during Exercise on Cerebral Blood Flow

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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