The utility of heart rate variability (HRV) for characterizing psychological stress is primarily
impacted by methodological considerations such as study populations, experienced versus …

Blood pressure and vascular ageing trajectories differ between men and women. These
differences develop due to sex-related factors, attributable to sex chromosomes or sex …

Psychological stress is considered to be a potential contributor in the development of arterial
stiffness. However, an independent association between arterial stiffness and biological …

The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is increasing exponentially in the industrialized
world. According to the World Health Organization, 17.8 million people died in 2019 as a …

A “Workcation”(combining work and vacation) has become increasingly common.
Traditionally, the workcation focus has been on productivity; however, data showing …

Acute mental stress (MS) induces a transient increase in arterial stiffness. We verified
whether a single bout of bench step (BS) exercise for 3 minutes counteracts acute MS …

Background and Objectives: In the COVID-19 epidemiological context, the health care
workers who were treating patients with COVID-19 were exposed daily to additional stress …

Cardiovascular and mental diseases are among the most important global health problems,
but little is known on the associations between mental and arterial health in adolescents …

Acute mental stress can impair arterial function (eg, arterial stiffness and endothelial
function) transiently. Repeated exposures to stress-induced transient vascular dysfunction in …

Background: Mental stress is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, but the
arterial stiffness and energy expenditure (EE) responses to acute mental stress, and whether …