Abstract
OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND: The objective was to analyze the acute effects of a single bout of arm cranking exercise on affective and cardiovascular parameters in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD).
METHODS: This was a prospective, controlled, crossover study. Eleven men with symptomatic PAD underwent two experimental sessions in a random order: control or arm crank exercise (15 × 2 minutes bouts of arm crank exercise interrupted by 2 minutes rest intervals). During exercise, ratings of perceived exertion (Borg scale) and affective responses (pleasure/displeasure) were obtained at the first, fifth, tenth, and fifteenth bouts. Before and after the experimental sessions, cardiovascular parameters (blood pressure and heart rate) were obtained. Data were analysed by a two-way repeated measure analysis of variance with significance achieved at p < .05.
RESULTS: During the arm crank exercise, patients reported positive feelings of pleasure. During exercise, heart rate (HR) remained within 80-90% of peak HR. Additionally, patients performed arm crank exercise with moderate levels of perceived exertion (Borg rating of 11-13) and with pleasant affective scores (Feeling Scale of +1 to +5). Blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, and mean) increase was lower after arm crank exercise than for control (greatest net effect: -15 ± 11 mmHg [p < .001]; -9 ± 5 mmHg [p < .001]; -9 ± 6 mmHg [p < .001], respectively), while HR increased (greatest net effect: +9 ± 6 beats per minute; p < .001).
CONCLUSION: A single bout of arm crank exercise promotes pleasurable feelings while reducing blood pressure in patients with symptomatic PAD.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-228 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 21 Dec 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 21 Dec 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blood Pressure
- Brazil
- Cross-Over Studies
- Exercise Therapy/methods
- Heart Rate
- Humans
- Hypotension/diagnosis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Peripheral Arterial Disease/diagnosis
- Pleasure
- Prospective Studies
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Upper Extremity