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The effects of basketball and soccer training on arterial stiffness

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Sekir, Ufuk

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Saka, Tolga
Dogan, Ali
Akkurt, Soner
Karakus, Mehmet

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Soc Brasileira Med Esporte

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine arterial stiffness in elite basketball and soccer athletes by pulse wave velocity. Methods: The cohort comprised 35 healthy male volunteers aged 17 to 26 years. All the subjects were either basketball players (n=9), soccer players (n=12) or sedentary controls (n=14). Arterial stiffness was measured by the Pulse Trace System (Micro Medical Ltd., Rochester, UK) and echocardiographic images were taken using a commercially available machine (Vivid 7 GE-Vingmed, Horten, Norway) with a 2.5 MHz transducer. Results: The basketball players had significantly higher heights and body weights as compared to both the soccer players and the controls. The aortic elastic properties derived from the echocardiographic measurements did not differ between the groups. The peripheral pulse wave velocity measurements showed significantly lower values both in the basketball and soccer players compared to the controls, whereas the central pulse wave velocity measurement was significantly lower only in the basketball players as compared to the controls. No significant difference was seen between the basketball and soccer players. Conclusions: The results of this study show that football and basketball exercises comprised of aerobic, anaerobic, endurance balance-coordination and sport-specific training play a role in reducing arterial stiffness.

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Endothelium-dependent vasodilation, Increases basal production, Pulse-wave velocity, Nitric-oxide, Endurance exercise, Augmentation index, Habitual exercise, European-society, Age, Distensibility, Vascular stiffness, Basketball, Soccer, Pulse wave velocity, Science & technology, Life sciences & biomedicine, Physiology, Sport sciences, Physiology, Sport sciences

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