Author ORCID Identifier

Park - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-7531

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2020

Publication Title

American Journal of Hypertension

Volume

33

Issue

6

First Page

563

Last Page

569

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Effective nonpharmacological interventions targeting the enhancement of vascular function and decline of body fatness (BF) in obese individuals are indispensable for the prevention of hypertension and cardiovascular events in young adults. Mat Pilates training (MPT) has gained significant popularity worldwide, yet its effects on vascular function and body composition are understudied. We examined the effects of MPT on vascular function and BF in young obese women with elevated blood pressure (BP). METHODS

Twenty-eight young obese women with elevated BP were randomized to an MPT (n = 14) or a nonexercising control (CON, n = 14) group for 12 weeks. Systemic arterial stiffness (brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV)), brachial and aortic BP, wave reflection (augmentation index (AIx)), plasma nitric oxide (NO) levels, and BF percentage (BF%) were assessed before and after 12 weeks. RESULTS

MPT significantly reduced (P ˂ 0.05) baPWV (−0.7 ± 0.2 m/s), AIx (−4 ± 1%), brachial systolic BP (−5 ± 1 mm Hg), aortic systolic BP (−6 ± 1 mm Hg), and BF% (−2 ± 1%), while significantly increasing plasma NO (6 ± 2 µM) (P ˂ 0.05) compared with CON. MPT improved systemic arterial stiffness, aortic BP, wave reflection, circulating plasma NO, and BF% in young obese women with elevated BP. CONCLUSIONS

MPT may be an effective intervention for the improvement of vascular function and BF in young obese women with elevated BP, a population at risk for hypertension and early vascular complications. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION

Trial Number NCT03907384.

Comments

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in [insert journal title] following peer review. The version of record [American Journal of Hypertension, Volume 33, Issue 6, June 2020, Pages 563–569] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpaa026

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