| 만성 뇌졸중 환자의 유연성과 동맥경직도와의 관련성 |
| 이용희1, 박수현1, 윤은선2, 제세영1 |
1서울시립대학교
2성균관대학교 |
| Relationship between flexibility and arterial stiffness in patients with stroke. |
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Increased arterial stiffness is a strong predictor of future cardiovascular events and mortality. Flexibility is associated with arterial stiffness in healthy populations, but it is unclear if this is also the case in patients with stroke. We investigate the relationship between flexibility and arterial stiffness in patients with stroke. Ninety four patients with stroke (male n=68, female n=26, 61±9 years) were recruited in the present study. We measured a modified sit and reach test on chair as an index of flexibility. Arterial stiffness was assessed by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity using applanation tonometry. There was a significant inversely association between flexibility and pulse wave velocity (r=-.48, p<.001). In multivariable linear regression models that adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, duration of stroke, systolic blood pressure, heart rate, medication, and cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility was an independent associated with pulse wave velocity (β=-.19, p<.05). Patients with high flexibility had significantly lower pulse wave velocity than patients with low flexibility (8.9 m/s vs. 11.8 m/s, p<.001). These findings demonstrate that high flexibility was associated with low arterial stiffness independent of risk factors and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with stroke. |
| Key words:
Flexibility, Arterial stiffness, Stroke |
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