Sedentary behavior, exercise, and cardiovascular health

CJ Lavie, C Ozemek, S Carbone… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Sedentary behavior and physical inactivity are among the leading modifiable risk factors
worldwide for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. The promotion of physical …

Role of inactivity in chronic diseases: evolutionary insight and pathophysiological mechanisms

FW Booth, CK Roberts, JP Thyfault… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
This review proposes that physical inactivity could be considered a behavior selected by
evolution for resting, and also selected to be reinforcing in life-threatening situations in …

Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle

MS Tremblay, RC Colley, TJ Saunders… - Applied physiology …, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Sedentary behaviour is associated with deleterious health outcomes, which differ from those
that can be attributed to a lack of moderate to vigorous physical activity. This has led to the …

Heart in space: effect of the extraterrestrial environment on the cardiovascular system

RL Hughson, A Helm, M Durante - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2018 - nature.com
National space agencies and private corporations aim at an extended presence of humans
in space in the medium to long term. Together with currently suboptimal technology …

Vibration as an exercise modality: how it may work, and what its potential might be

J Rittweger - European journal of applied physiology, 2010 - Springer
Whilst exposure to vibration is traditionally regarded as perilous, recent research has
focussed on potential benefits. Here, the physical principles of forced oscillations are …

Physical inactivity rapidly induces insulin resistance and microvascular dysfunction in healthy volunteers

NM Hamburg, CJ McMackin, AL Huang… - … , and vascular biology, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Objectives—Sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Vascular dysfunction contributes to atherogenesis and has been linked to insulin resistance …

Impact of inactivity and exercise on the vasculature in humans

DHJ Thijssen, AJ Maiorana, G O'Driscoll… - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
The effects of inactivity and exercise training on established and novel cardiovascular risk
factors are relatively modest and do not account for the impact of inactivity and exercise on …

Increased postflight carotid artery stiffness and inflight insulin resistance resulting from 6-mo spaceflight in male and female astronauts

RL Hughson, AD Robertson… - American Journal …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Removal of the normal head-to-foot gravity vector and chronic weightlessness during
spaceflight might induce cardiovascular and metabolic adaptations related to changes in …

Reduced cardiorespiratory fitness after stroke: biological consequences and exercise‐induced adaptations

SA Billinger, E Coughenour… - Stroke research and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence from several studies consistently shows decline in cardiorespiratory (CR) fitness
and physical function after disabling stroke. The broader implications of such a decline to …

[HTML][HTML] Sitting and endothelial dysfunction: the role of shear stress

SS Thosar, BD Johnson, JD Johnston… - … medical journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sedentary activity is a modifiable life-style behavior and a key component in the etiology of
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). US adults and children spend more than …