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Lee ZB, Blaszkow EN, Dickinson RL, Baker CN, Reeve EH, Gill KM, O’Brien ML, Magliochetti CM, Pak CS, Orfe AN, Carty MA, Rush LJ, Clarke BS, Ruch EE, DeAlba PE, Coleman RL, Getty AK, Derella CC, Perez AN, Oakman JE, Volpe VV, Brown MD, Feairheller DL. Characterization of Potential for Relationship between Anxiety and Cardiovascular Health in Different Racial Groups. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2019. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000560839.92522.f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Getty AK, Wisdo TR, Chavis LN, Derella CC, McLaughlin KC, Perez AN, DiCiurcio WT, Corbin M, Feairheller DL. Effects of circuit exercise training on vascular health and blood pressure. Prev Med Rep 2018; 10:106-112. [PMID: 29850395 PMCID: PMC5966513 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
As the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) rises, public health-related interventions aimed at prevention of heart disease have gained medical attention. Clinical research reports that exercise is a protective risk factor associated with CVD and that clinicians need to provide exercise recommendations to patients. Nevertheless, physical inactivity remains a public health problem. In certain populations, like firefighters (FF), increased risk of CVD is especially concerning. The workload FF face is extreme, 50% of line-of-duty deaths (LODD) in FF are cardiac-related, and research on the volunteer FF population is scarce. Government regulations do not require volunteer FF companies to have fitness testing or programming, so exercise intervention studies are necessary to improve the burden of CVD risk in this population. Therefore, this study examined the effects of a 4-week exercise circuit training (CT) intervention on vascular health and fitness in volunteer FF (N = 27) from the Philadelphia PA area compared to a control group of Non-FF (N = 25). Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD), augmentation index, and pulse pressure (PP), brachial and central blood pressure (BP) and fitness were measured pre- and post- intervention. Overall, volunteer FF had more significant improvements (p < 0.05) in vascular health measures (FMD, IMT, and PP). In both groups, we also found that brachial and central BP decreased with exercise. We show that a 4 week CT program can improve vascular structure and function in the volunteer FF population, suggesting that clinicians may be able to reduce or prevent cardiac LODD by exercise. Short term circuit training improves vascular health in volunteer firefighters. Core blood pressure and clinic blood pressure are reduced with 4 weeks of training. Implementing functional exercise programs in firehouses would improve overall health.
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Affiliation(s)
- Allyson K Getty
- Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- The HEART (Hypertension & Endothelial function with Aerobic & Resistance Training) Laboratory, Health & Exercise Physiology Department, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, United States
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- The HEART (Hypertension & Endothelial function with Aerobic & Resistance Training) Laboratory, Health & Exercise Physiology Department, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States
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- The HEART (Hypertension & Endothelial function with Aerobic & Resistance Training) Laboratory, Health & Exercise Physiology Department, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, United States
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- Research & Practice Development Division, Nursing Department of Clinical Care Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- The HEART (Hypertension & Endothelial function with Aerobic & Resistance Training) Laboratory, Health & Exercise Physiology Department, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, United States
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- The HEART (Hypertension & Endothelial function with Aerobic & Resistance Training) Laboratory, Health & Exercise Physiology Department, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, United States
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Corbin ME, Derella CC, McLaughlin KC, Getty AK, Chavis LN, Wisdo TR, Roberts CK, Feairheller DL. Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Responses to Emergency Calls in Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2017. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000518765.25400.2a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wisdo TR, Getty AK, Hill JA, Polimeni AN, Chavis LN, Perez AN, Jasinski RM, Derella CC, Close SN, McLaughlin KC, Corbin ME, Couch K, Donahue S, Brubaker HA, Winay BL, Dickinson R, Baker C, Reeve E, Roberts CK, Feairheller DL. Comparison of 4 Weeks of Circuit Training Versus Resistance Training in Middle-Aged Adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2017. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000517174.13603.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polimeni AN, Hill JA, Wisdo TR, Chavis LN, Getty AK, Perez AN, DiCiurcio WT, Ciesielka KA, Jasinski RM, Derella CC, Cruz JA, Close SN, Feairheller DL. Effects of a 4 Week Exercise Intervention on Brachial and Core Blood Pressures. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000485581.46091.d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hill JA, Polimeni AN, Wisdo TR, Chavis LN, Getty AK, Perez AN, DiCiurcio WT, Ciesielka KA, Jasinski RM, Derella CC, Cruz JA, Close SN, Yingling VR, Feairheller DL. *Vascular Health and Fitness Levels in Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obese Young Adults*. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000485591.68961.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wisdo TR, Getty AK, Hill JA, Polimeni AN, Chavis LN, Perez AN, DiCiurcio WT, Ciesielka KA, Jasinski RM, Derella CC, Cruz JA, Close SN, Feairheller DL. Effects of 4-Week Lifestyle Intervention on Fitness Levels of Adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000485324.90488.ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Getty AK, Wisdo TR, Hill JA, Polimeni AN, Chavis LN, Perez AN, DiCiurcio WT, Ciesielka KA, Jasinski RM, Derella CC, Cruz JA, Close SN, Feairheller DL. Effects Of A Short-term Functional Exercise Program On Cardiac And Vascular Health. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000485890.52801.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Perez AN, Aichele KR, Oakman JE, Neal MP, Cromwell CM, Lenzo JM, Bye NL, Santaniello EE, Hill JA, Evans RC, Thiele KA, Chavis LN, Getty AK, Louth VC, Wisdo TR, Generotti M, Brown MD, Feairheller DL. Body Composition And Blood Pressure Responses In Volunteer Firefighter Population. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2015. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000466168.52639.a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aichele KR, Oakman JE, Neal MP, Cromwell CM, Lenzo JM, Bye NL, Perez AN, Santaniello EL, Hill JA, Evans RC, Thiele KA, Chavis LN, Getty AK, Louth VC, Wisdo TR, Generotti M, Brown MD, Feairheller DL. Effect of Weight and an Increased Workload on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2015. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000478955.32963.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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