Effects of Exercise on Hypertension From Cells to Physiological Systems /

This text explores the state-of-the-art effects of exercise on blood pressure among adults with hypertension in addition to many of the possible mechanisms underlying essential hypertension in humans. The book contains chapters by distinguished experts on the effects of exercise on physiological sys...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pescatello, Linda S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Molecular and Translational Medicine,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17076-3
Table of Contents:
  • Effects of aerobic exercise on hypertension
  • Overview of effects of resistance exercise on hypertension
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality in Pre-Hypertensive and Hypertensive Individuals
  • Exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise and its clinical significance
  • Effects of exercise on the autonomic nervous system
  • Effects of Exercise on Autonomic Function
  • Cardiac output and contractility
  • Effects of exercise on metabolic syndrome
  • Effects of exercise on pro-oxidant and anti-oxidant systems
  • Aerobic exercise and vascular function (endothelial-dependent and –independent function)
  • Resistance exercise and vascular function (endothelial-dependent and –independent function)
  • Effects of exercise on arterial stiffness
  • Vasoactive substances
  • Effects of aerobic exercise training on animal models of hypertension
  • Effects of in vitro laminar shear stress as an exercise mimetic on endothelial cell health.